Credit Cards - February 28th Wedding Gifts: What should I spend? Gone are the days where you could send the happy couple off with a new toaster. Modern couples usually live together before getting hitched, so have often already accumulated everything they do and don’t need. Nowadays, …
Credit Cards - February 19th The ultimate guide to online wedding dress shopping A bride's wedding day is quite possibly a day full of pressure to look and feel like a princess. And, while the internet can help you bring together your vision, there are always risks of …
Credit Cards - February 7th Is your relationship with money toxic? Walks on the beach and dinner by candlelight: For some, this will be a dream picture of love. For others, it’ll create the feeling of butterflies in the stomach, but really it’s your breakfast repeating …
Credit Cards - January 31st Wedding costs & how to avoid overspending Co-author: Christine Thelander According to multiple sites, including website My Kiwi Wedding, the average cost of a wedding in New Zealand is around $35,000. That's an awful lot of money! So, we at Canstar wanted to take …
Credit Cards - January 31st “Even looking like Beyoncé wasn’t worth the $500 I had paid” (A tale of buyer’s remorse) Additional writing by Olivia Fairhurst Extravagant, impulse purchases, overspending or just plain wasting money on things you don’t need. We’ve all had that moment of temporary insanity where we just had to have something. You justify it …
Credit Cards - January 30th Have you taken on too much debt? Co-author: Justine Davies When you’re drowning in debt and finding it hard to make ends meet, you’re probably asking yourself, am I in too deep? Unfortunately, there’s no one-size-fits-all answer to the question of how much …
Credit Cards - January 29th Low Rate Credit Cards: Interest Rates Below 13% Co-author: William Jolly With one in three Kiwis leaving unpaid debt on their credit card each month, consumers looking to shift their balance could consider shopping around for a lower rate card. Some providers offer interest …
Credit Cards - January 28th AfterPay: The pros & cons of pay later schemes Co-author: Michelle Norton Pay later schemes allow you to pay off an item over several weeks, interest free. It’s being called “layby” for the 21st century and can be a godsend for some people, but also …
Credit Cards - January 23rd BNZ is Canstar’s first-ever Bank of the Year – Credit Cards Out of 11 providers, BNZ has come out on top in 2019 and has been awarded the inaugural title of Canstar Bank of the Year – Credit Cards. We caught up with Ross Jackson, BNZ Head …
Credit Cards - January 23rd New year, new financial you: credit card tips If you happened to get caught up in the gift-giving spirit this Christmas – and went a little wild on the old credit card - you’re not alone. In the month before Christmas, New Zealanders spent …
