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Nick Bendel

Property & Personal Finance Writer

Credit card providers rewarding shoppers with Qantas points

Australians can rack up Qantas points through everyday shopping either by using a Qantas Money credit card or a rival card that also offers Qantas points.

Credit Cards

02 Sep, 2019

3 min read

Credit card providers rewarding shoppers with Qantas points

Laine Gordon

Money Editor

Australians ditch credit cards by the hundreds of thousands

Today’s RBA credit card statistics show the continued demise of credit cards in Australia.

Credit Cards

12 Aug, 2019

2 min read

Australians ditch credit cards by the hundreds of thousands

Mark Bristow

Personal Finance Editor

Betting closed for Macquarie Bank credit cards

If you’ve been known to make the occasional cheeky bet, you soon may no longer be able to do so using a Macquarie Bank credit card.

Credit Cards

29 Jun, 2019

2 min read

Betting closed for Macquarie Bank credit cards

Nick Bendel

Property & Personal Finance Writer

Westpac and Velocity offer special credit card deal

Australians could receive up to 120,000 bonus Velocity points if they take out a new American Express Westpac Altitude Black Bundle.

Credit Cards

28 Jun, 2019

2 min read

Westpac and Velocity offer special credit card deal

Nick Bendel

Property & Personal Finance Writer

Fraudsters stealing money, banking details

The spread of the NBN is producing a dark side – the spread of NBN scams.

Credit Cards

17 Jun, 2019

3 min read

Fraudsters stealing money, banking details

Laine Gordon

Money Editor

Australians starting to kick the credit card debt addiction

Australia’s credit card debt accruing interest has slid to the lowest level in over 11 years as Australians start to wean themselves off high interest debt.

Credit Cards

12 Jun, 2019

2 min read

Australians starting to kick the credit card debt addiction

Nick Bendel

Property & Personal Finance Writer

Credit cards offering up to three months interest-free

Buy now … and pay much later. There are a handful of credit cards in Australia that allow you to do just that.

Credit Cards

12 Jun, 2019

4 min read

Credit cards offering up to three months interest-free

Mark Bristow

Personal Finance Editor

One in three Aussies losing money on rewards credit cards

How rewarding is your rewards credit card? Possibly not very, according to a new study from ME, which found that for over a third of Aussie cardholders, rewards cards are effectively costing them money.

Credit Cards

25 May, 2019

2 min read

One in three Aussies losing money on rewards credit cards

Nick Bendel

Property & Personal Finance Writer

Amex lures Australians with special Velocity offer

Consumers who take out an American Express Velocity Platinum Card in the next month can earn up to 100,000 bonus Velocity points.

Credit Cards

21 May, 2019

2 min read

Amex lures Australians with special Velocity offer

Nick Bendel

Property & Personal Finance Writer

Telstra unveils rewards program

Telstra has launched a loyalty program called Telstra Plus to reward customers for their spending.

Credit Cards

19 May, 2019

2 min read

Nick Bendel

Property & Personal Finance Writer

These frequent flyer credit cards have a $0 annual fee

Want something for nothing? There are five credit cards that give you just that – provided you pay off your entire bill each month.

Credit Cards

11 May, 2019

4 min read

These frequent flyer credit cards have a $0 annual fee

Alex Ritchie

Personal Finance Editor

We’ve crunched the numbers on the highest-earning frequent flyer cards

As banks quietly shake up the credit card landscape by hiking interest rates and shaving earn rates on some rewards schemes, RateCity.com.au has crunched the numbers on the highest-earning frequent flyer cards.

Credit Cards

02 May, 2019

6 min read