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This credit card guide is designed to help you answer your credit card questions. If you have a question that is not answered here do not hesitate to contact us.
If you’re new to the world of credit cards, we recommend you check out our guide to different credit card types first.
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Choosing a Credit Card
- Comparing Credit Card Deals – There’s more than one way to apply for a credit card – what are the different methods and what pros and cons does each offer?
- Credit Card Choices
- Compare Credit Card Types Easily
- Which Banks Provide Credit Cards?
- Calculating the Best Credit Card Type for You
- Revealed: The Cheapest Credit Cards
- When does a Petrol Credit Card Make Sense?
- Citibank Clear Visa Review
- American Express Blue Sky Card – Top Flier Card
- 0% Credit Cards: The Big Deal
- Top Credit Card Features in Australia
- Personal Loan VS Credit Card
- Reward Credit Cards – Not for Everyone
- Cashback Credit Cards: How do they Work?
- MasterCard or Visa: What’s the Difference?
- Information on 0% APR Cards
- An Unorthodox Way of Finding the Right Card
- How to Compare Credit Card Offers
- Why Compare Different Card Offers?
- How to Pick a Credit Card
- Reward Programs vs Low Interest Cards
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Application Tips
- The Online Credit Card Application Process
- How and Why Apply for a Credit Card Online?
- Your Credit Card Application Checklist
- Why Apply for a Credit Card Online
- How to Stop your Credit Application being Rejected
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Credit Rating, Credit Limit and Credit Repair
- 5 Ways to Improve your Credit Rating
- How Does a Balance Transfer Affect your Credit Rating?
- Successfully Disputing Errors on your Credit Report
- Secrets to Fast Credit Repairs
- 7 Tips to Obtaining a Higher Credit Limit
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Credit Card Management Tips
This section is designed to help you use your credit card and maximise the rewards you can get from it. There are also traps, myths and disasters that can occur with your credit card and we want to help you avoid them.
- Clever Credit Card Capabilities – Find out the advantages credit has over other forms of payments, and the difference a credit card can make to your savings and expenses.
- Recovering from the Holiday Spending Haze – Tips from ASIC
- The Importance of Credit Card Revision
- Top Credit Card Tips for 2009
- Can’t Repay your Credit Card? What to Say when you Can’t Pay
- Is it Time to Change Credit Cards?
- Stoozing: Create Free Money with Credit Cards
- 5 Popular Credit Card Myths
- Credit Crisis: No Crisis for Credit Cards
- Making Money with Credit Cards
- Why Consider a Lower Interest Rate Credit Card?
- Avoid Minimum Repayments Unless Necessary
- Isn’t it Time you Fixed your Interest rate?- Interest rates are low, could it be a good time to lock it in?
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Credit Card Traps and Scams
- 4 Credit Card Fears: The Irrational & The Valid
- Exposed: The Credit Cards’ Banks Earn The Most From
- Top 5 Credit Card Blunders
- Credit Trouble Warning Signs
- The Truth on No Annual Fee Credit Cards
- Credit Card Fraud in Australia – How Bad Is It?
- 4 Ways to Get Stung with a No Annual Fee Card
- How to Avoid The Dollar Scam - One of the new methods Fraudsters are using to in credit card scams.
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Balance Transfer Explanations and Tips
- Best Balance Transfer Guide
- Credit Card Balance Transfer Calculator
- Long Term Balance Transfer Approval Requirements
- A Low Rate Forever: Balance Transfers
- Is it Possible to do a 2nd Balance Transfer?
- Balance Transfers in Australia
- How to Carry out a Balance Transfer
- The Balance Transfer Process
- Cut Interest Repayments with 2.9% p.a. for 12 months Balance Transfers
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Debt Consolidation and Repayment
- Handling Debt Collection
- New Year Debt Consolidation Advice
- Credit Card Consolidation
- Life after Credit Card Debt Repayment
- Tips on Paying Removing your Credit Card Debt
- Debt Consolidation and Australians
- Advice on Cutting Credit Card Debt
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Shopping and Holiday Spending
- Credit Cards Continue to Conquer Online Shopping
- Low Interest AND Rewards this Christmas?
- Spend $0 on your Credit Cards this Christmas
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Travel & International Fees
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Frequent Flyer Programs and Points
- Finding the Best Reward Credit Cards for Your Airline
- Qantas FrequentFlyer Point Transfer Option Ending
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Reward Programs and Cash Back
- What Can you Earn from Reward Programs?
- 4 Ways Reward Credit Cards Cost More
- Best Credit Card Rewards – Comparing Programs
- Guide to Reward Points
- Get the Most from Reward Programs
- Credit Card Finder Releases Reward Program Comparison
- How to Earn Reward Points Faster: Bonus Partners
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Family and Student Tips
- Discussing Credit Cards with Kids
- Become Financially Firm for your Baby
- Financially Preparing for a Student Gap Year
- How to Spend Less Funding your Wedding with Credit Cards
- Obtaining a Higher Credit Limit as a Student
- 5 Ways you can Protect your Teenager from Credit Card Debt
- Saving Money with your Partner in a Recession
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Special Types of Credit Cards
Some credit cards are specifically designed for business which can help your business function and manage its credit. Debit cards are also a unique type of credit card that are a little confusing at first although these types of credit cards can be a fantastic way to manage your money. Other special types of credit cards will be added here as they are released.
Credit Cards for Business
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Debit Cards
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Credit Card Features
A credit card has some fundamental features in common of all cards. Learn about these features and understand your credit card for better management of it.
Credit Card Fees
- Late and Over Limit Fees
- Foreign Currency & International Fees for Credit Cards
- Ancillary Credit Card Fees & Misconceptions – Be On Guard
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Credit Card Interest Rates
- A Guide to Credit Card Interest
- December 2008 Interest Rate Changes and Speculation
- Low Interest Credit Cards
- Interest Rates: Explained
- A Beginner’s Guide to Interest Rates
- What does ‘55 Days Interest Free’ Really Mean?
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Credit Card Cash Advances
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Special Interest
- Why Banks Never Want to Pass Rate Cuts – Banks never hesitate to match interest rate cuts on saving accounts, so why won’t they take the same quick action on credit cards and mortgages?
- 5 Benefits You Weren’t Aware your Credit Card is Capable of
- Credit Card Statements: Online vs Paper
- Credit Crisis Explained in Easy Video- Want to know what all the fuss is, watch the video.
- St George Bank History
- History of Credit Cards
- Australia vs U.K/U.S Credit Cards
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Credit Card Statistics
- Statistical Trends in the Australian Credit Card Market
- Australians Quick to Switch Credit Cards if Unhappy
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Personal Finance Tips and Advice
A credit card is just one part of your overall personal finance, we have detailed some other relevant personal finance tips and advice that will help you manage your money. There are times when a personal loan may make more sense than a credit card and it may be important to learn about these products if you already have credit card debt.
Save and Manage Your Money
- Liquidate your Junk & Skills into Cash
- 7 Ingenious (And Obvious) Tips to Prepare for a Recession
- Comparison of Australian Savings Accounts
- How to Claim your Free $900 in the $42Billion Kevin Rudd Credit Stimulus
- Does Cheap Credit mean Less Responsibility?- How does this recession effect your other finances
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Personal Loan Information
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Credit Card News
The credit card industry is always changing and we endeavor to provide you with the latest news and updates especially interest rate changes, new products, reviews and other items when they occur.
- Virgin Credit Card > ‘Westpac Ignite’ – Virgins competitive entry to the Australian market is being rebranded by the hands of Westpac.
- St George Vertigo April 2009 Purchase Rate Cut – St George step up to interest rate cuts and reduce the interest rate on their key Vertigo card.
- Reward Program Comparison April 2009 Update – New features such as actual reward point value.
- Credit Card Finder Releases Balance Transfer Calculator
- HSBC Promotion Ends – The Next Best Balance Transfer?
- BankWest Bite Back: Lite MasterCard Returns with a Bang
- The NEW Aussie MasterCard
- BankWest is Back – How do they Compete?
- Commonwealth Bank Announce More Interest Rate Cuts
- ANZ Takes the Blow for Australians: More Rate Cuts
- The New Top Christmas Credit Card
- ANZ Cut Interest Rates
- PM Takes a Stance on Credit Cards
- RBA Cut Interest Rates 50 Basis Points
- RBA Cuts Rates Another 1% Down to 3.25%
- Is it the End for Rate Cuts?
- ANZ + St George Interest Rate Cuts – Leaving Westpac and NAB customers out to dry
- Credit Card Finder Featured on News.com.au – Mike Jarocki helps Australians find the Right Credit Card.
- St George ‘Starts Low Stays Low’ – A Great New Start – 12.24% of cash advances and purchases
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