16 April 2000
THERE'S one way to avoid bank fees do your banking on the Internet. It costs a bank a lot less to run a computer network than it does to run a branch network. And the banks are passing on at least some of those savings to customers prepared to give it a try. Certainly, you'll beat the queues... read full story
14 April 2000
The near-term course of the technology share shake-out is likely to be determined by investors who have used margin lending to buy stocks during the boom. Margin lending is a classic bull market product but it bites back when shares are falling. Loans are provided by brokers and banks to inve.. read full story
12 April 2000
Last week was another big one for interest rates, with the Reserve Bank lifting official rates 25 basis points. Those with home loans have now seen official rates increase a full 100 basis points in only four months. ANZ Bank was first to move, says Internet-based research house BankChoice (ww.. read full story