• General Finance
  • KiwiSaver

New savings rules comes with big bucks attached

From 1 April 2019 you can choose KiwiSaver contribution rates of 3%, 4%, 6%, 8% or 10% of your salary.…

10 months ago
  • KiwiSaver

Spoilt for choice, but are you missing out on big dollars?

It never ceases to surprise us when people say that they don’t know who their KiwiSaver savings is invested with.…

11 months ago
  • General Finance
  • KiwiSaver

How safe is your money in KiwiSaver?

About 80% of diversified KiwiSaver funds lost value in 2018. Was yours one of them? Find out how your KiwiSaver fund…

1 year ago
  • Mortgage

Should you consider an interest only loan?

Few of us are fortunate enough to be able to afford buying a house without taking a home loan. For…

1 year ago
  • Credit cards

Don’t get a credit card before you figure this out

On average, each month Kiwis rack up about $4.2 billion in credit card transactions – either on shopping locally or…

1 year ago
  • Term Deposits

Three things you should know about your bank term deposit

Kiwi households have over $160 billion invested in term deposits issued by financial institutions, such as banks. This has doubled…

1 year ago
  • Personal Loans

Two ways to get wise about taking a personal loan

Planning on buying a car, or booking that long awaited holiday, and not enough money in the bank? You are…

1 year ago
  • Mortgage

Mortgage rates as cheap as chips at under 4% – to fix, or not to fix?

Last week we looked at how changes in headline interest rates in New Zealand versus other countries can affect your…

1 year ago
  • General Finance
  • International money transfer
  • Tips

The Best Time To Buy Your Travel Money

Booked your travel overseas? You have sorted your accommodation and your flight plans. Now….how about travel money? Should you exchange…

1 year ago
  • General Finance
  • KiwiSaver

Money Week – Your personal financial journey

As part of our Money Week series of articles we have already looked at smart ways to use your credit…

1 year ago