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Christmas is just around the corner and most Australian credit cards are likely to get a solid workout, so make sure you've got the right one says Maria Bekiaris.

Balance transfer offers explained

Balance transfer offers are a good deal, if you're smart. But make sure you know what you are getting in to.

Using your credit card overseas

Rules change and you can be caught with no cash, so make sure you know the facts about using your plastic overseas.

What kind of spender are you?

Maria Bekiaris explains how to work out what kind of spender you are and how use this knowledge to help you win at cards.

Amex leads charge for change

Seeing red isn't necessarily a bad thing. At least not in the UK, where American Express is testing the Red Card, a new charge card that donates a percentage of every purchase to fight AIDS in Africa.

It's time to check the fine print

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!

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.

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.

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.

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