Briefs: zipMoney adds to its advisory panel, ING Direct drops fixed rate mortgages below 4 per cent
Online consumer finance specialist zipMoney has appointed Nati Harpaz to its advisory panel. Harpaz is chief executive of media company Inside Retail Group. zipMoney has had an advisory panel for the past three years. Its other members are Geoff Levy, former chief executive of Investec Bank (Australia); David Shein, an executive director of crowd funding company OurCrowd; and Simon Schwarz, the former chief operating officer at SocietyOne. zipMoney chief executive Larry Diamond said the panel offered the company's board and management industry thought leadership. ING Direct is dropping its three-year fixed interest rate for owner occupiers to 3.98 per cent. This is the rate for borrowers with an Orange Advantage home loan who qualify for a fixed interest rate discount of 0.10 per cent. The rate applies to both new and existing customers.