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What with one rate for cash advances, another for purchases, one for balance transfers and even penalty rates for being late, you’re probably not too sure what you’re paying!

Loans for low-income earners

Until recently lots of people on low incomes had little chance of getting a loan on reasonable terms, but that tough situation is changing.

Prepaid credit cards

Prepaid Visa cards are about to arrive in Australia. It’s part of a growing worldwide trend in personal money management says Visa, which expects that by the middle of the next decade a trillion US dollars will be transacted on prepaid cards each year.

The allure of credit

If you monitored your credit card spending over a period of three months, chances are you would change your behaviour, writes Gillian Bullock.

Deep in debt? Help's at hand

Gillian Bullock reports on the wealth of information available to help you stay out of financial trouble.

Luxury plastic

Private bankers used to be the go-to resource for the wealthy, offering clients everything from exclusive access to art gallery showings to dog walking services, and that is still often the case. But card issuers have also been getting into the rewards game for the high-flying set.

Are you a financial 'drama queen'?

Life would be boring without a drama now and then — but are your finances becoming a soap opera (same old story, one-dimensional, addictive)? It's time to take the melodrama out of your money situation.

Stop spending splurges

If you monitored your credit card spending over a period of three months, chances are you would change your behaviour writes Gillian Bullock.

Cheapest credit cards

Choosing the cheapest credit card is a question of balance, writes Maria Bekiaris.

Card switch

There's no doubt Australians have had a love affair with credit — but now it seems we're turning back to using our own money to pay our debts. Majella Corrigan reports.

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