Bank Products News
Switch bank? It's not so simple
Saturday December 5, 2009
SWITCHING banks is supposed to be simple. This time last year, Treasurer Wayne Swan put in place a bank-switching package "so that customers could easily vote with their feet".Nab Weighs Up An Exit From Britain
Wednesday January 7, 2009
A review of the bank's operations, now under way, may finally resolve the question whether it should get bigger in the UK or get out, writes Eric Johnston.Get great online banking bank products with NAB
Friday October 17, 2008
Get great bank products with NAB using online banking. Switching bank products
Thursday September 18, 2008
Bank products like savings accounts can sometimes have great introductory offers for new customers.Using bank products correctly
Tuesday May 20, 2008
Bank products are not just there to provide you with a place to keep your money and some occasional credit.Upgrade your bank products
Tuesday April 8, 2008
Bank products are important to your financial health, so you need to ensure you have only the best bank products for your needs.Easier savings with HSBC Serious Saver
Thursday March 6, 2008
If you're looking for the best savings bank products, you would do well to consider the HSBC Serious Saver.Dragon Economies Hungry For Our Meat And Dairy Products
Wednesday December 5, 2007
CHINA'S appetite for coal and iron ore created the resources boom, and now its growing hunger for meat and dairy products is about to create a lucrative, long-term Australian agriculture boom.Nab In $900m Us Bank Takeover
Friday November 30, 2007
EXPOSURE to the world's biggest economy and the world's growth economy, and new biofuels that may make the world cleaner, all fed National Australia Bank's $900 million play for US agricultural bank Great Western.Commonwealth Bank To Carry Own Car Insurance
Tuesday November 20, 2007
COMMONWEALTH Bank has entered the highly competitive motor insurance business, part of a sustained attack by the big banks on the leading domestic and international insurers.Bank Chief Faces Clear Case For Rate Rise
Thursday October 25, 2007
"If it is clear that something needs to be done (to raise interest rates), I do not know what explanation we could offer the Australian public for not doing it, regardless of when the election might be due. I do not think that there is any case for the Reserve Bank board to cease doing its work for a month . . . Should that data make a clear case, I feel we have no choice: nor should we have any choice."Sustainability Bank Eyes Australia
Thursday October 4, 2007
DUTCH-BASED sustainability bank Triodos, which invests in projects offering social and environmental value, is targeting Australia as its next big market.Bank Eyes Long-term Interest Pressure
Tuesday September 11, 2007
AUSTRALIAN interest rates will continue to come under pressure and may have to rise if the current volatility in global credit markets goes on for many more months, the head of Westpac bank warned yesterday.Poor Service Tops Bank Users' Hit List
Sunday September 9, 2007
FOR bank customers it's a no-brainer, but for the institutions it may as well be rocket science - how do you retain customers?Bank Fees Boom
Wednesday September 5, 2007
An international comparison of bank fees shows Australia to be a world leader.Big Bank Moves To Lure Low-doc Borrowers
Saturday September 1, 2007
THE nation's biggest bank, the Commonwealth, has eased lending restrictions for "low-doc" borrowers, despite recent global financial market ruptures caused by a relaxation of lending standards in the housing market in the United States.Australia To Feel More Pain From Us Mortgage Crisis, Says Bank Chief
Wednesday August 29, 2007
AUSTRALIA'S largest bank says problems caused by failing mortgages in the US will worsen and domestic banks may start raising their lending rates unilaterally.Bendigo Bank To Expand Wealth With Adelaide Bid
Friday August 10, 2007
RETAIL customer darling Bendigo Bank wants to expand wealth management with its $1.2 billion bid for wholesale customer darling Adelaide Bank.Which Bank Has Our Top Cricketers Up In Arms?
Sunday July 22, 2007
CRICKET Australia's reworked sponsorship deal with the Commonwealth Bank has placed the nation's top players on battle alert.New Zealand's Central Bank Plays Its Hand With That Typical Kiwi Reserve
Tuesday June 19, 2007
THE recent lift by the Reserve Bank of New Zealand of its official cash interest rate (OCR) to a record 8 per cent highlights the fact that even in a world where most central banks now adopt broadly the same policy framework, their individual styles of monetary management, and the particular rules under which they operate, can make a big difference.