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Why is my credit score bad when I am so good with money?

One factor may have killed your credit rating. Here’s what you can do.

  • Nicole Pedersen-McKinnon

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Frequent flyer and other rewards points are among the digital assets that may be divided when couples separate.

The new financial battleground for divorcing couples

There are new ways of hiding money that are appearing more frequently in divorce disputes.

  • Michaela Whitbourn
Young Australians are turning back to credit cards, but they’re not always a good idea.

Beware the hidden landmines in our credit card fees

Penalty interest rates are often wildly out of step with the Reserve Bank’s steadily falling cash rate.

  • Noel Whittaker
The Reserve Bank wants to ban surcharges for debit and credit card transactions.

Credit card companies are hoarding rate cuts. Shame on them

It’s nothing short of a scandal that credit card interest rates barely budge, no matter what is happening with official rates.

  • Nicole Pedersen-McKinnon
Airline loyalty card schemes, which on sell data to brokers, are being investigated as part of a review of data broker practices.

Warning to Australians who use credit cards to earn airline points

The generosity of rewards schemes could be scaled back if a proposal to ban surcharges for card transactions goes ahead.

  • Elias Visontay
Treasurer Jim Chalmers, Prime Minister Anthony Albanese and Reserve Bank governor Michele Bullock have a fight on their hands.

Albanese, Chalmers and RBA face nasty, brutish fight … to save you $60 a year

The Albanese government wants to improve the economy. A proposed ban to card surcharges will be a test of its ability to succeed.

  • Shane Wright
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Bank shares are known for their dividends, but some analysts say these payments are unsustainable.

‘Snowball effect’: RBA’s card surcharge ban risks higher prices and job cuts

Businesses would be banned from applying surcharges to all credit and debit card transactions from July next year under a Reserve Bank proposal.

  • Elias Visontay, Jessica Yun and Shane Wright
Not keeping a budget is a classic way to lose track of your hard-earned.

Ten common money mistakes that could be draining your wallet

You may not even realise you’re doing it, but breaking these bad financial habits can have a profound impact on your savings account.

  • Nina Hendy
No matter how flush you are, or how reliable your repayments, once you hit a certain age it can be tough to get a credit card.

I have $1.6m in super but can’t get a credit card. Am I too old?

No matter how flush you are, or how reliable your repayments, once you hit a certain age it can be tough to get a credit card.

  • Nicole Pedersen-McKinnon
Banks must be more conservative when approving new credit limits from January.

Goodbye ‘Frank’: These are the new top credit cards in town

ME Bank may be closing its trailblazing low-rate credit card, but it is far from the cheapest option now anyway.

  • Nicole Pedersen-McKinnon