Community First Credit Union launches reduced rate personal loans (29-Aug-2007)
... First Credit Union has launched new reduced rate
personal loans for environmentally friendly initiatives over $2,000. The loan features a low rate of 8.30%, a 3.7% reduction on Community First’s usual personal loan rates of 11.99% and ...
Veda Advantage calls Federal Government to improve lending practices in Australia (28-Aug-2007)
... under the current credit system, a consumer may have a mortgage, an investment loan, five credit cards and three
personal loans, but none of these will be mentioned on their file if they are more than five years old, or if the credit provider has ...
Australians looking for cheap form of debt (16-Aug-2007)
... latest Veda Advantage Consumer Credit Demand Index shows Australians are increasingly choosing
personal loans over credit cards as interest rate rises continue to stimulate a push towards cheaper forms of debt.According to Veda Advantage, ...
Six in every ten credit card defaults are by men (3-Aug-2007)
... are more likely than men to pay their credit cards,
personal loans, mortgage and overdraft on time, a Veda Advantage study has revealed.The study into gender reviewed all credit activity recorded by Veda over a five-year period and revealed ...
Veda Advantage tips on avoiding bankruptcy (12-Jul-2007)
... you owe money to is also important.Its study shows that people tend to make a large number of applications for
personal loans and credit cards to pay off existing debts in the year before they are declared bankrupt.The high interest rates ...
CANNEX releases personal loan ratings and guidelines (25-Jun-2007)
... unions are not significant. Typically, credit unions offer a lower minimum interest rate on variable and fixed rate
personal loans. They also tend to go slighter higher than banks at the other end of the scale but on average there is not much in ...
CANNEX releases ratings and tips on Car loan (25-Jun-2007)
... your car loan could cost you a hefty application or establishment fee of up to $200. 90% of bank variable rate
personal loans have some sort of application fee attached, compared to under 68% of credit union loans. Also application or ...
Community First offers disaster relief for its members (14-Jun-2007)
... in need.The relief package offers members affected by the storm:With existing Community First home loans and
personal loans to apply to defer repayments for up to three months;With existing business loans to request loan restructuring ...
GESB makes alliance with HSBC (1-Jun-2007)
... see GESB’s 280,000 members given discounts on a broad range of banking products and services, including home and
personal loans, as well as credit cards.According to GESB, a commitment to delivering better services to members was the driving ...
National Australia Bank half yearly results (1-Jun-2007)
... volumes.Net interest margin fell from 3.68% to 3.16% as a result of the plan to move the product mix away from
personal loans and credit cards to mortgage and business lending.Operating expenses were reduced by 5.5% to £358m compared ...