Aussie stretches into personal loans

Aussie Home Loans is aiming to win a market share of between two and three per cent in the personal loan market, which means the mortgage brand will have to do between two and three times better than.. read more

GE grows with Myer Black

Myer Black is winning customers for GE Money, 10 months after the return of what was once an icon of Australia's payment card landscape. read more

Direct mail works for HSBC

HSBC is making headway in Australia's credit card market and can thank direct mail for the aggressive rate of customer acquisition. read more

BankWest and Rabo take ING deposit market share

BankWest's deposits have grown 42 per cent in two years, while Rabobank's have grown 57 per cent in two months, according to the monthly banking statistics published by the Australian Prudential Regul.. read more

Non-bank debt defaulters likely to reoffend

Consumers defaulting on utilities and telecommunications debt are more than five times more likely to default on other credit products, according to research from consumer credit reporting agency Dun.. read more

BankWest shaves credit card spreads

New customers of the BankWest Lite MasterCard will now pay an introductory interest rate of 6.99 per cent on purchases for the first 12 months, before reverting to the variable 9.89 per cent existing.. read more

Growth slows in reverse mortgages

The reverse mortgage market in Australia expanded by 67 per cent to $1.8 billion in the 12 months to June 2007, according to the third Trowbridge Deloitte study commissioned by SEQUAL, the industry lo.. read more