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Welcome to the RaboDirect blog. It's a forum for us to have a direct line of conversation with our customers and friends, share opinions from RaboDirect executives and other bloggers on a host of relevant and topical issues and hear your thoughts on them too.

So don't be shy - post back your comments and any questions you have about the market, online banking, investing and RaboDirect. We welcome your feedback.

Always pay yourself first

Submitted by Greg McAweeney on Thursday, 11 June 2009 | Category: Savings

How do you guarantee you'll reach your savings goal? You pay yourself first and do it regularly. Right now we are all being bombarded with a million and one ways to save money. More >

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What are you saving for? We asked, you told us

Submitted by Greg McAweeney on Thursday, 7 May 2009 | Category: Savings

We’re in a recession …yes, it’s okay to use the ‘r’ word and Australians are increasingly saving for a rainy day according to new RaboPlus research. But while we’re saving more we don’t seem to know what savings product we have or the rate we’re receiving. More >

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When saving isn’t really ‘rewarding’

Submitted by Greg McAweeney on Thursday, 9 April 2009 | Category: Savings

We all know that marketing people can come up with names for products that really leave you wondering. The ‘Urban Tool’ is a classic case of “lost in translation”. And banks are no different when it comes to inventing names for products that promise great rewards but can leave you deflated. And if you hold one of these products you could easily be needlessly losing out on hundreds of dollars in interest. Read on to see why. More >

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Are you in the know?

Submitted by Greg McAweeney on Tuesday, 17 March 2009 | Category: RaboDirect

After a few months of hectic activity today marks the launch of our new brand platform based on the concept of ‘join the people in The Know’. The campaign will appear on SBS television, print, radio and across the web and demonstrates how RaboPlus can empower consumers to be in ‘The Know’. More >

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Have your say on improving advertising standards on savings accounts

Submitted by Greg McAweeney on Friday, 6 March 2009 | Category: Savings

Here’s some good news to report...I think. The Australian Securities & Investments Commission (ASIC) will be holding forums this month with banks to discuss their concerns that the advertising of some online savings accounts is potentially misleading. More >

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Who are they fooling? It’s not you is it?

Submitted by Greg McAweeney on Friday, 6 February 2009 | Category: Savings

The old adage goes, if it looks too good to be true then it probably is and how true this is when you see the tricks that some banks get up to in marketing savings accounts. In particular I’m referring to the addiction with promotional rates. More >

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RaboPlus well protected from new online banking security threat

Submitted by Greg McAweeney on Monday, 19 January 2009 | Category: Online Security

As we all know, we need to keep one step ahead of fraudsters and crooks when we’re online. A new threat has been uncovered and I wanted to bring it your attention. It’s called ‘in-session phishing’ and is a cleverer form of the traditional phishing attack (that some people still fall victim to). More >

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Is 2009 the year to make some financial resolutions?

Submitted by Greg McAweeney on Monday, 12 January 2009 | Category: Savings

That’s right, it’s the time of year when we promise ourselves that we will kick some bad habits to touch once and for all only to find that we’ve brushed our promises aside by the end of January. But with all the doom and gloom talk of recessions, hair shirts and being told to give up our lattes every day maybe this year there are a few smart things we could do to save some money. More >

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Market turbulence prompts increase in SMSF set-ups

Submitted by Greg McAweeney on Thursday, 18 December 2008 | Category: DIY super

Battered and bruised...pretty well sums up how a lot of us are feeling about our investment portfolios right now. Maybe the one good thing the global economic crisis has done has been to jolt people into taking a more hands-on approach to investing. More >

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Some good news to report – Rabobank retains its AAA credit rating

Submitted by Greg McAweeney on Wednesday, 10 December 2008 | Category: RaboDirect

In a time of weakening economic indicators we had some good news in Rabobank recently. The ratings agency, Moody’s reaffirmed our AAA credit rating on November 28th. This follows on from Standard & Poor’s report on October 28th which also reconfirmed our AAA rating. More >

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