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New credit card rating service

With New Zealanders paying $500 million to their credit cards each year in interest payments alone, the convenience of using a credit card is costing cardholders many tens of millions of dollars a year more than it need do.

Thursday, August 12th 2004, 4:40PM

by The Landlord

This according to CardWatch, a free ground-breaking new credit card research and ratings service launched today by FundSource, the investment research company.

CardWatch General Manager Tim Anderson says that if card holders had been able to compare credit card rates and features and shopped around, last year alone they could have saved more than one third of their card costs or some $200 million dollars in interest payments.

CardWatch aims to allow consumers to do just that.


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ANZ 5.79 5.09 5.49 5.79
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ANZ Good Energy - - - 1.00
ANZ Special - 4.49 4.69 5.19
ASB Bank 5.79 ▲4.59 ▲4.95 ▲5.19
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Avanti Finance - Near Prime 6.35 - - -
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BNZ - Mortgage One 5.94 - - -
BNZ - Rapid Repay 5.94 - - -
BNZ - Std 5.84 4.49 4.69 5.09
BNZ - TotalMoney 5.94 - - -
CFML 321 Loans 3.95 - - -
CFML Home Loans 6.05 - - -
CFML Prime Loans 6.25 - - -
CFML Standard Loans 6.95 - - -
China Construction Bank 6.44 4.85 4.95 4.95
China Construction Bank Special 6.44 5.85 5.95 5.95
Co-operative Bank - First Home Special - 4.39 - -
Lender Flt 1yr 2yr 3yr
Co-operative Bank - Owner Occ 4.99 4.49 ▲4.89 ▲5.19
Co-operative Bank - Standard 4.99 4.99 ▲5.39 ▲5.69
Credit Union Auckland 7.70 - - -
First Credit Union Special - 4.79 4.95 -
First Credit Union Standard 6.49 5.39 5.55 -
Heartland Bank - Online 5.30 5.89 - -
Heartland Bank - Reverse Mortgage 7.99 - - -
Heretaunga Building Society 7.45 5.90 5.80 -
ICBC 5.39 4.25 4.59 4.79
Kainga Ora 5.69 4.49 4.49 4.79
Kainga Ora - First Home Buyer Special - - - -
Lender Flt 1yr 2yr 3yr
Kiwibank 5.65 5.39 ▲5.79 ▲6.05
Kiwibank - Offset 5.65 - - -
Kiwibank Special 6.15 4.49 ▲4.89 ▲5.25
Liberty 6.65 6.55 6.22 6.20
Nelson Building Society ▲6.99 4.59 ▼4.67 -
Pepper Money Near Prime 6.55 - - -
Pepper Money Prime 5.99 - - -
Pepper Money Specialist 8.00 - - -
SBS Bank 5.84 5.09 ▲5.49 ▲5.75
SBS Bank Special - 4.49 ▲4.89 ▲5.15
SBS Construction lending for FHB 3.74 - - -
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SBS FirstHome Combo 3.29 3.99 - -
SBS FirstHome Combo - - - -
SBS Unwind reverse equity 7.99 - - -
TSB Bank 6.59 5.19 ▲5.69 ▲5.95
TSB Special 5.79 ▼4.39 ▲4.89 ▲5.15
Unity First Home Buyer special - 3.99 - -
Unity Special 5.79 4.49 4.69 -
Unity Standard 5.79 5.29 5.49 -
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Westpac 5.89 5.09 5.49 5.75
Westpac Choices Everyday 5.99 - - -
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Westpac Offset 5.89 - - -
Westpac Special - 4.49 4.89 5.15
Median 5.94 4.59 4.95 5.19

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