Nearly three in four Aussies use their credit cards in order to pay for bills and weekly groceries, a new study has shown. The research was conducted by retail giant Coles, as it looked to promote its own new plastic offering, the Herald Sun reports. Bosses at the firm are hoping to steal a march on rival supermarkets and banks by providing customers with an updated version of its Coles MasterCard.
Choosing the right dentist for you and your family can be quite difficult these days. It all simply depends on your healthcare insurance and what that insurance covers and what not. If you have just gotten a new healthcare plan and you are looking to get into the dentist, then there are a few things that you should consider before you take the big step into taking care of your teeth.
The first aspect that you want to consider is location; you want to be able to find a dentist that is going to be easy for you to get to. With gas prices these days nobody really wants to have to drive very far in order to get to their personal dentist.
Just when we thought that the credit card delinquency rate in the U.S. may have bottomed out, it resumed its fall in December, according to the latest data from Moodys Credit Card Indices. The late payments rate had remained virtually unchanged in the previous four months. Much more expected was the reported fall in the rate measuring the U.S. credit card defaults, as its uptick in November was widely considered to be a one-off aberration from the long-term downward trend.
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If you are currently looking for a new credit card, it is certainly worth doing a bit of research to make sure you get exactly the right one for your needs. One popular type of card is the 0% interest credit card, which can be very useful for many consumers. This article takes you through how they work and some of the key benefits.
What are they?
Interest free credit cards essentially do what they say on the tin. They offer you the chance to make purchases on your credit card at a 0% rate of interest. Read full post…
Dont shed a tear for credit card companies. No matter what the headlines say about their parent entities, theyre mostly doing just fineand eager to earn your business.
If youre one of those highly empathetic people who tend to cry at sad movies (and, if you are, you really need to stock up on handkerchiefs before you see War Horse) then you may have been shedding tears for some of your favorite credit card companies. If so, you can dry your eyes. The parent companies of Chase and Citi may have published less than impressive fourth-quarter results recently, but its not their card divisions that are causing the problems.
Aussies have been urged to take action in order to stop their levels of credit card debt from spiralling out of control. According to the Australian Prudential Regulation Authority, household credit card loans reached a record-high $40.6 billion in November, News Limited reports.