Archive for the ‘Financial’ Category

Card Skimming at McDonalds WA spreads to Sydney (2010-1-18)

My bank account was compromised the other day – more importantly, the EFTPOS card used to access my EveryDay Account at Bendigo Bank was compromised.
Bendigo Bank, to their credit, locked my accounts immediately they realised that the account, along with about 100 others, had been compromised. Yeah, my fault that they couldn’t contact me on [...]

Note to self: Cancel credit cards prior to death! (2009-11-4)

Be sure and cancel your credit cards before you die! This is so priceless and so easy to see happening – customer service, being what it is today!(FYI: ANZ is one of Australia’s biggest and least popular banks !!)
A lady died this past January, and ANZ bank billed her for February and March for their [...]