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SyB stumbled upon a young mum with two toddlers and a large mortgage. Her job is to find out about everything that the banks are less keen for you to know and to tell you ALL about it!
Monthly Archives: March 2011
Starting Out In the Personal Banking World
Compound interest? What’s that? If you don’t know how to choose your first bank, then this post on personal banking is a great starting point to learn what you need to know. Continue reading
Posted in Account Management, Budgeting Advice, Financial Stress, General Discussion, Personal Finance, Tips on Saving, Understanding Banks
Tagged amex, ANZ, bank, bankcard, banks, big four banks, budget, CBA, Choice Magazine, choosing the right bank, Commonwealth Bank, compare bank products, compare banks, compound interest, credit, credit card, credit card comparison, credit card situation, debt, financial advice, financial difficulties, financial hardship, financial issues, financial service provider, first bank, first bank for children, getting a bank account, getting help with debt, help with budgeting, help with debt, home loan, home loans, how to choose a bank, interest, mortgage, NAB, personal banking, spank, spank your bank, starting a budget, SyB, WBC, Westpac
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Why Budgeting is SO Important
Have you been feeling a little bit down lately? How’s work? How’s your relationship going? Keeping in touch with your friends? Do you feel like when you do talk to them it’s superficial or that you’re moaning all the time? … Continue reading
Posted in Budgeting Advice, Financial Stress, Tips on Saving
Tagged bank, budget, budgeting, credit card, debt, depression, family problems, financial advice, financial depression, financial hardship, financial stress, getting help with debt, help with budgeting, help with debt, spank, spank your bank, SyB
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Subject: 86-year old lady’s letter to bank
I was forwarded this as an email the other day. The word is that it is genuine, but I also saw it posted on some sites as being written by Peter Wear from the Courier Mail. Genuine or not, I … Continue reading
Posted in Account Management, Bank Fees, Bank Humour, Customer Relations, General Discussion
Tagged ANZ, bank, banks, budget, CBA, cheque, cheque book, Commonwealth Bank, Courier Mail, customer relations, Peter wear, spank your bank, SyB, transaction fees, WBC, Westpac
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Choice Magazine’s Better Banking Report
Choice Magazine has released a report that includes their suggestions as to how to end bank bashing and they’re going to review it in a year. Here’s the link to their full report and below is an extract from their … Continue reading
Posted in Bank Competition, Bank Information, Budgeting Advice, In the News, Personal Finance, Understanding Banks
Tagged ANZ, bank, bank bashing, banking report, banks, budget, CBA, choice, Commonwealth Bank, credit union, customer relations, NAB, WBC, Westpac
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Just discovered this one – GE Money 28 Degrees Mastercard part Two
It’s always fun to go on journeys, especially brand new exciting credit card journeys. And that’s exactly the reason why I have decided to share my journey with the GE Money 28 Degrees credit card. That way we can look … Continue reading
An Interesting Credit Card Repayment Article by the Courier Mail
This image comes from an article called “Pay Back Time” in the Courier Mail on the 4th March 2011. I was positively astounded by the table on the image. How can $50 a month make so much difference?
Posted in Bank Information, Credit Card Advice, In the News, Personal Finance
Tagged abc radio, american express, amex, bankcard, Courier Mail, credit card, credit card repayment calculator, credit card repayments, credit cards, government assistance, in the news, mastercard, minimum repayment, visa
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Banks and Their Incestuous Puppet Show
National Nominees Ltd, a wholly owned subsidiary of National Australia Bank, is the Number Three shareholder for ANZ, CBA, WBC and itself. I think that a staged break-up where you’re sleeping with the enemy would be the perfect plot line for next week’s Days of Our Lives episode. Hmmm…. Continue reading
Posted in Bank Competition, Bank Information, Bank Ownership, Personal Finance, Understanding Banks, Unfair Banking
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