
Credit complaints atop of surging Financial Ombudsman disputes list
Aussies aren’t too pleased with their credit providers if the Financial Ombudsman Service’s 2016/2017 Annual Review is anything to go by.

Aussies aren’t too pleased with their credit providers if the Financial Ombudsman Service’s 2016/2017 Annual Review is anything to go by.

This week, credit card heavyweight Citi announced a set of new bonus point offers on some of its rewards credit cards - including a 150,000 point offer on the Citi Prestige card, the highest around at the moment.
Apple Pay users can soon add one more card to their digital wallet, with major supermarket Woolworths set to link its rewards card to the mobile platform, reported the Australian Financial Review .

American Express credit card customers have only eight days left to receive up to $60 back from over 100 of their favourite retailers , including David Jones, Country Road and Nespresso as part of VAEFNO 2017.

Australian cardholders rejoice - as of September 1st (tomorrow) small businesses across the country will no longer be able to hit customers with ‘excessive’ surcharges for purchases made with most debit and credit cards.

The whole point of having a rewards credit card may be to rack up extra value through points, bonuses and freebies, but if you’ve chosen your plastic unwisely, it may just be costing you more than it's worth.

Aussies love our rewards points, but recent Mozo research has revealed that they may not love us back, as the value of a rewards credit card is now lower than ever, ringing in at a net gain of just $27 each year.

Mozo has completed its Annual Rewards Card Survey for 2017, analysing 122 rewards credit cards to see what kind of value they offer Aussie spenders. And the news is not great for points chasers.

Police across NSW are urging Aussies to use tap n’ go with their credit cards to prevent fraud through “ghost” terminals.

Aussies have never been at greater risk of online credit card fraud according to a report by industry body, the Australian Payments Network.