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Chocolate Crisis
For April Fools Day in 2015, we predicted that our global cocoa consumption would result in a chocolate shortage. We advised that chocolate lovers stock up early, compare chocolate bars online, and brace for heightened prices.
The chocolate shortage
finder.com US Launch Party
It's been almost a decade in the making, but finder.com finally made its way across the Pacific ocean to America. To celebrate, we invited the world's best Obama impersonator to come party with us at the Soda Factory, along with some top-notch guests and our very own Tesla!
Party in the USA
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Press Releases 2017
MAY
- Economists united: Supply is key to solving the housing affordability crisis
- The property market may have 'peaked', while cash rate on ice at 1.5%
- Aussies still getting stung by global roaming charges
- 10 million Aussies couldn’t last three months jobless
- Public vs economists: What will move the needle to create affordable housing?
- Bill shock: 42% of Aussies too lazy to query an expensive bill with their provider
- Ouch, that’s expensive! 41% of Aussies avoid medical specialists due to cost
APRIL
- First homebuyers accessing super to buy property is 'irresponsible', experts say
- The great NBN divide: 5 million can’t wait to connect while 6.7 million are scratching their heads
- Independent rate hikes may give RBA breathing space
- Savings versus term deposits: Which account wins in a low-rate world?
- Loyalty programs pay off... for the retailer
- Offline viewing: How Aussies could save hundreds on binge-watching these holidays
- Burnt out borrowers: Just a $100 repayment rise could tip some over the edge
MARCH
- Home loan rates set to lift, but don't blame the RBA
- Running on Empty: Aussies longing for better battery life
- RBA survey: Housing affordability still primary concern for Millennials
- Aussies reluctant to switch as 40% are still with their childhood bank
- Time is money: Aussies pay the price for health fund loyalty
- 44% of Aussie newlyweds have dollar signs in their eyes
- Out-of-cycle rate hikes shake up the Australian home loan market
- Big scare, don't care: Aussies numb to big phone expenses
- Aussies warned: don’t be seduced by shiny health insurance incentives
- Australians feel ‘cheated’ by high credit card rates that don’t follow the cash rate
FEBRUARY
- Experts predict no move, but historic cash rate rise within sight
- Apartment oversupply in capital cities, while 1.5% cash rate remains at a standstill
- Gap between personal loan rate and official cash rate peaks to highest level on record
- 6.5 million Aussies to switch or ditch their health insurance
- Cupid shoots high this Valentine's Day: Aussie newlyweds to spend $253 million
- Something borrowed, something new: Newlyweds saying 'I don't' to merging finances
- Game day could cost you: Sports injuries resulting in time off work
- 1 in 2 Aussies fear they couldn't afford for something to go wrong
- Revealed: the $4,113 tipping point for Aussie credit card holders
- One in seven Aussies chucked a sickie to go to the beach over summer
- Aussies clueless about rising health insurance costs
JANUARY
- Australia’s top health resolutions for 2017
- Holidays over for Aussie credit card holders
- Phone Fears: Pincodes used to dodge Facebook pranks and hide naked selfies
- 3.5 million Aussies save their credit card details online
- Shop True Blue and support local businesses on Australia Day
- Airport lounge access, flight upgrades, and cash-back offers: Are rewards credit cards worth it?
- Families stung as post-Christmas debt hangover tipped to hit $397 million
- What really happens to unwanted phones?
Press Releases 2016
DECEMBER
- Christmas calls for cash rate hold, but out-of-cycle rate hikes to reappear in 2017
- Cash rate remains steady - for now - but rates could rebound in 2017
- The suburbs on Santa's nice list for the NBN
- Last-minute Christmas shopping could be kinder on your hip pocket
- Festive season in full swing: How the nation will cope with financial pressures
- One in three Aussies forced to take annual leave at Christmas
- What Aussies really want in 2017: To be debt-free
- Game of phones: 13.4 million Aussies stay loyal over saving on mobile costs
NOVEMBER
- Cup Day rate hold, while tracker mortgages unlikely to surface in Australia
- Australian economists not fans of Trump, while cash rate stays at 1.5%
- One in three first home buyers stuck saving for a deposit for over five years
- Record Xmas: Aussies to spend nearly $10 billion on gifts this festive season
- Australia’s biggest health fears don’t reflect reality
- 1.7 million Australians plan to ditch their health cover
- NBN: 5.6 million Aussies don’t care
- Credit card crisis: 1 in 3 miss repayments
- 89% of Aussies go above and beyond to pay down home loan sooner
- Gender pay gap: Girls receive more pocket money than boys
- Data disaster: Australia’s $146 million bill shock
- Aussie holiday-goers warned: Beware of 'Christmas tax'
- Desperate times call for desperate measures: How far would you go to charge your smartphone?
OCTOBER
- Cash rate to remain untouched while employment figures head south
- 74% of parents fork out for their adult kids: time for kidults to stand on their own two feet
- Reserve Bank sits tight, while sluggish rental market could deter property investors
- Two in five Aussies don't trust their phone for money matters
- Summer holiday planning: How to avoid a flight delay
- ‘Tis the season to be scammed: Aussies could be conned out of $34.9 million this Christmas
- Australia's top 13 shark locations – stay shark safe this summer
- Internet for days: Aussies dream big – but cheap – when it comes to mobile data
SEPTEMBER
- Cash rate to halt, while loan sizes set to soar this mortgage season
- RBA leaves cash rate on hold as future economic performance uncertain
- Survey reveals smokers would lie to save on life insurance
- Need for speed: finder.com.au reveals cheapest suburbs for fast internet
- 1 in 4 Aussies fear credit score could lead to financial rejection
- Generation rent: 3.6 million Australians locked out of property market
- What Aussies really look for when choosing a credit card
AUGUST
- RBA Survey: Could this be the end of the First Home Owner Grant (FHOG)?
- A new cash rate of 1.50%, but it's not all peachy for first home buyers
- Fixed loan frenzy, as 88% of home loan market yet to announce ANY discounts
- Savers for the win: How to maximise savings in a low rate world
- New survey: Aussies think blue-chip credit score should come with perks
- Crime, brothels and noisy pubs: Property deal-breakers buyers can't overlook
- Aussies winning the war on interest-accruing credit card debt
- Wi-Fi takes off: Aussies encouraged to choose airlines with internet access
- Health insurance ‘extras’ wasted by two thirds of Australian policyholders
- Two thirds of Aussies forgo savings by not haggling for a better mortgage deal
- 1 in 4 Aussies turn to bank of mum and dad to manage a money emergency
- Next generation smart bag to curb impulse spending: iBag2
JULY
- RBA Survey: Rate cut not far off, but brace for post-Brexit hit to economy
- Borrowers beware: Household debt binge may worsen
- Is this the death of ATMs?
- Top 10: Australia's most dangerous jobs revealed
- Savings, bills and holidays: How Aussies plan to use their tax return
- Computer says no: Aussies make record number of internet complaints since 2013
- Smashed screens: The greatest smartphone killer
JUNE
- RBA Survey: Another rate cut just months away, while property prices tipped to rise
- RBA June Cash Rate Decision: Larger home loan sizes may counteract low interest rates
- Aussies confused about mobile phone costs but loyal to providers
- Health bonus bonanza: be careful of private insurance entitlements
- Hey big spender: Sky's the limit for Australian credit card holders
- What first home buyers fear the most - and how to break into the market sooner
- Sleeping with Siri: Aussies getting intimate with their mobile phones
- Cost of health insurance: Are you paying too much?
MAY
- Savings slashed: Aussies set to lose $1.9 billion following rate cut
- Slow off the blocks: Half of home loan market yet to announce rate cuts
- Refinancing avalanche to follow historic rate cut
- Banks slow to pass on rate cuts: set to pocket $21 million
- How a $500 emergency could spell financial ruin for millions of cash-strapped Aussies
- Aussies urged to compare health insurance as gap fees hit $1.33 billion
- Travellers flock to the U.S despite weak Aussie dollar
- Paying by plastic: More than 60% of Aussies rely on credit for household bills
APRIL
- Sharp plunge in home loan sizes: borrowers forced to live within their means
- RBA survey: Balancing act tipped to continue, while opportunity knocks for first home buyers
- What your debts are costing you when house hunting
- Aussies suffering as personal loans grow
- Australia's hidden spending: the country's $11 billion dirty secret
- Sellers, beware: The property features turning Aussies off
- Eliminating negative gearing could shake, but not shatter, the property market
- Personal fraud on the rise: how you can stay safe
MARCH
FEBRUARY
- Talking about money off limits for Aussies (but sex and politics OK)
- RBA Survey: Cash rate to hold but beware of the ‘out of cycle’ rate hike
- Divorce, gambling and real estate: Australians’ biggest money mistakes revealed!
- Mortgage refinancing soars to record high as Australians seek to find better
- Over seven million spare bedrooms in Australia: $1.4 billion in wasted space
- The price of love: Six-year sweet spot, but long-time lovers lose out this Valentine’s Day
- Saving Pact: Australians plan to save a massive $170 billion in 2016!
- Lifestyle renters suffering ‘housing stress’, new research reveals
- Cash rate holds: Foreign investment tipped to slow but jury out on property prices
JANUARY
- The truth about school holidays: A financial burden for 40 per cent of Aussie families
- Debit card use hits record high, but credit still king!
- Cash rate to stay on hold, but not for much longer
- Top Australian brands unite in a finder.com.au ‘True Blue’ initiative
- Loyal commuters to be worse off under proposed Opal card shake up
- Hey big spender: Christmas debt woes as Aussies set to pay $286 million in credit card interest
- $900 per night in hospital? Sickening prices for travellers without cover
Press Releases 2015
DECEMBER
- Be a geek and live in Tasmania: How to win at New Year’s resolutions
- How to bag a bargain this Boxing Day: Hit the (online) sales from your sofa
- Hookers, cheese and a tombstone: Most unusual holiday splurges revealed
- Aussies like self-gifting, but which state is the most charitable this Christmas?
- Uber winning the fare fight despite surcharges
- Australians wasting $10 MILLION on excess mobile data charges
- Spike in international money transfers, as Aussie dollar continues to fall
- Desperate Aussies turning to “payday” loans this Christmas
- The season for giving: Aussies to spend $8.9 BILLION on Christmas gifts!
- ‘Tis the season for a mortgage makeover, but tough outlook for households in 2016
NOVEMBER
- Property prices to rise in 2016, but don’t count on a rate cut for Christmas
- Switching home loans not a priority as Aussies prefer to stay put, survey reveals
- Choose wisely: credit card providers ramp up deals in time for Christmas
- Investors worst off as rate hikes hit borrowers today
- Australians urged to watch holiday spending as “Debt-lag” hits 2 million travellers
- News Alert: 15 lenders announce owner-occupied variable home loan rate hikes
- RBA holds cash rate but no relief in sight for borrowers
OCTOBER
- Mobile phone comparison launches to help millions of Australians find better
- RBA survey: More banks will raise rates, but property prices to remain high
- More pain for Aussies as banks hike rates on home loans while savings account rate falls
- Commonwealth Bank follows Westpac’s lead and lifts variable home loan rates
- Australia’s most affordable suburbs to live in
- finder.com.au welcomes crackdown on excessive card surcharges
- Consumer sentiment falls to GFC level
- News Alert: Westpac announces variable home loan rate rise: borrowers warned to prepare for hikes, as other lenders set to follow
- News Alert: Mortgage Season to be strong despite lower auction clearance rates
- Rate rise on the horizon as loan sizes hit record levels across the nation
- finder.com.au RBA Survey: cash rate to hold, but Aussie dollar set to plummet
SEPTEMBER
- News Alert: Households hit up owner-occupied home loans, personal loans and save more while investment loans and credit cards fall out of favour
- Credit card rewards ramp up in time for Christmas: Sign up & score a free holiday
- Plans can pay off: buying a mobile phone outright not always better value
- New finder.com.au research begs the question: Are Australians becoming ‘Money Dumb’?
- Cost, low crime and quiet: What buyers really look for in a suburb
- Addicted to debt: 1.7 million Australians facing debt for life
- finder.com.au reveals comparison of every iPhone 6s and iPhone 6s Plus plan in Australia
- Finder.com first Australian-owned comparison website to launch in USA
- Last minute gift ideas for Father’s Day
- Bumper mortgage season ahead as Reserve Bank holds cash rate
- Parents need to raise the bar when it comes to teaching kids about money
AUGUST
- Auction clearance rates may fall, but rate change unlikely this mortgage season
- Australia’s most profitable suburbs to rent
- Queensland leads Australia’s population growth
- News update: Credit card reforms have had little impact on increasing credit limits
- Credit card holders warned: are you really being rewarded?
- Money Savvy Challenge puts financial literacy in the spotlight
- Reserve Bank holds cash rate but grim outlook for borrowers and renters
- finder.com.au welcomes ACCC comparator site outline announcement
- Property prices set to rise but experts claim “no housing bubble”
JULY
- 16 banks hit above APRA target for investment lending growth
- Tough outlook for property buyers despite supply exceeding demand
- Interest Rate Update: Commonwealth Bank latest to lift investment home loan rates
- City dwellers living on the cusp of mortgage stress
- Investing in holiday hot spots in 2015? Sydney should not be on your list
- Supermarket rewards: are they worth it?
- Brace yourselves: Australian dollar set to plummet to six-year low by end of 2015
- Reserve Bank holds cash rate but rate drop on the cards
- Could global pressures cause a rate cut?
JUNE
- Australians put cars, gambling and love lives before their money!
- Workplace safety risk: over 200,000 Aussies not compensated for work-related injuries
- Careers in Australia Report: finder.com.au reveals future-proof careers
- finder.com.au study finds first home buyer investors worst off in property market
- Australia ranks 4th highest homelessness country
- Tech Expert Angus Kidman latest hire as finder.com.au prepares for global expansion
- Don’t panic: more borrowers concerned for rising interest rates
- More action can be taken to limit excessive credit card rates: creditcardfinder.com.au
MAY
- More borrowers expected to fix as rate hikes on the horizon
- Banks keep $2.11 BILLION from credit card holders
- 86% of parents pay up for their adult kids: Introducing Australia’s Sponge Society
- Australians better at managing credit cards as spending continues to rise
- Interest Rate Update: 30 lenders announce rate cuts
- Interest Rate Update: 24 lenders announce cuts
- Interest rate update: 17 lenders announce rate cuts including big 4 banks
- Don’t hold your breath: big banks slower to pass on cash rate cuts
- Reserve Bank cuts cash rate, but party could be over for borrowers
- Over 1 in 3 credit cards offer complimentary travel insurance… but is it worth it?
- Cash rate cut on the cards, but experts divided on when: Reserve Bank Survey
APRIL
- Commonwealth Bank and Westpac lose market share in competitive home loan market
- Dishonest cardholders: 1.2 million Australians hiding secret credit cards
- Worth waiting 11 months for next Apple Watch?
- Don’t get caught up in the smartwatch frenzy without comparing your options!
- Is the cash rate pause good news for first home buyers?
- Is your workplace kitchen making you sick?
- Reserve Bank likely to cut cash rate by June
- Cocoa crisis: chocolate to run out in 2015
MARCH
- Surge in premiums leaves Australians asking: is private health insurance really necessary?
- What salary do you need to live in your dream suburb?
- Parents set to save potentially thousands of dollars on kids’ entertainment
- Aussie travellers ripped off: beware of travel insurance trap!
- Australia ranks 10th in the world for international money transfers: don’t get ripped off when transferring cash!
- Has your lender passed on the rate cut?
- How much does it cost to repair an F1 car? Over $3.6 MILLION!
- Reserve Bank cash rate holds, for now
- Homeowners hit with higher cost of living than 30 years ago but still better value than renting!
FEBRUARY
- More pain for first home buyers: further rate cuts likely to fuel property values
- Households hit over $101 billion in credit card and personal loan debt
- finder.com.au Interest Rate Update: Savings accounts coming down
- finder.com.au encourages Australians to compare what matters
- Are more Australians cheaping out on Valentines Day?
- Big 4 banks keep $7 BILLION from borrowers
- Interest Rate Update: 30 Lenders announce rate cuts, 158 home loans under 4.6% from next month
- Interest Rate Update: 22 lenders announce rate cuts including all Big 4
- Interest Rate Update: 17 lenders announce rate cuts
- Interest Rate Update: 6 lenders announced rate cuts
- No excuse for lenders not to pass on Reserve Bank cash rate cut!
- Borrowers dodge refinancing mortgage to renovate homes
JANUARY
- Australians to brace for rate changes with mixed signals by experts!
- The best public schools with the cheapest cost of living revealed
- News Update: Surge in Australians borrowing money for a new car
- Favourite Australian holiday destinations may be worst locations for investors
- Australian insurers catching onto $100 BILLION medical tourism industry
- Australia’s $1 million homeownership dream
Press Releases 2014
DECEMBER
- Bunch of failures or just optimistic? finder.com.au New Years’ Resolution Study shows New Year novelty fizzles fast
- Boxing Day sales start early: make sure you have the right credit card
- Thousands of Australians paying hundreds in fees for fast Christmas cash
- More borrowers concerned for rising interest rates
- Wake Up Australia: banks, regulators and consumers urged to lift their game!
- Experts change their forecast to predict a cash rate drop next year
- First home buyers shunning property market, favour renting
- The season for shopping: creditcardfinder.com.au Christmas Shopping Survey reveals $8.3 BILLION price tag
NOVEMBER
- Grim outlook for first home buyers: property prices set to rise further in 2015
- Australia ranks 13th highest national debt out of G20 nations
- finder.com.au secures future growth with third office purchase
- Bad news for travellers: finder.com.au Australian Dollar Survey shows value set to drop further
- Mortgage holders are the winners on race day!
- Good news for borrowers: cash rate likely to drop soon after it peaks
OCTOBER
- Aussies are wealthy compared with the rest of the world, but when will you be a millionaire?
- Truckies, posties and warehouse workers top the list of Australia’s most dangerous jobs
- How to have a Champagne Christmas on a beer budget
- Cash rate holds but lenders move rates: borrowers urged to take advantage of mortgage season promotions
- Good times are fading for property buyers as rate hike on the horizon
SEPTEMBER
- finder.com.au warns property hunters: don’t take on too much risk
- Overseas job seekers plan ahead: Australia one of the most desired places to work
- Why so many people struggle when moving to Australia
- finder.com.au's Moving To Australia report
- Will the cash rate pause spark false hope as the mortgage season kicks off?
AUGUST
- The race to build the Australian dream this mortgage season
- Regional Australia snubbed by international tourists
- One death every three weeks in the construction industry
- Don’t be left out in the cold: More Aussies escaping for the winter
- Borrowers shy away from fixed home loans
- Men place a higher price on their life than women
- Australians are the winners as banks battle for market share
JULY
- Credit card holders warned: Don't be fooled by false sense of security
- Cash rate to hit a 'new normal' of 4%
- Australians to brace for one of the deadliest flu seasons on record!
- finder.com.au launches Money Savvy Challenge: money basics you should know
- Wrong place, wrong time for 54 Aussies
- Only 1 in 10 home loans likely to be first home buyers by 2015
JUNE
- Imminent rate hike to hurt most households
- "Payday" loans on the rise: What you need to know before signing up!
- finder.com.au warns property investors: look beyond most popular travel spots
- How to get to the FIFA World Cup for free
- creditcardfinder.com.au's Insights Report, Winter 2014
- Australia’s love-hate relationship with credit cards
- Borrowers warned: don’t wait for property prices to fall or face missing out on savings
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APRIL
- Competition builds but borrowers still flocking for a discount
- How 10 credit card mistakes are costing cardholders 7.6 billion in one year
- New way to earn Qantas Points
- 9 Best travel hacks revealed
- When you're 64...will you still be in debt?
- How to beat the summertime blues
- Autumn: the deadliest season on the road
- Good news for borrowers despite rate pause: cheaper to switch home loans
MARCH
- Borrowers beware: prepare now for looming rate hikes
- Unfit for work: sporting injuries sideline Aussie workers
- Why 1.56 million Australians keep their credit cards a secret
- Investors dominate first home buyers in property market war
- Why more men are concerned about death than women
- Which states hold the savviest and most reckless borrowers in Australia
- Australia’s credit card debt set to tip $52 BILLION by end of 2014
- Recruitment coup for finder.com.au: former tech guru from Bigcommerce, Atlassian joins the team
- One in three homeowners kick off the New Year by ditching their lender
- Australians warned to prepare for credit reporting reforms
- Top travel trends for 2014
- Travellers must brace for flight losses
- Don’t wait for a rate rise to fix your home loan
FEBRUARY
- No RBA move expected and borrowers shying away from fixing
- Are jingle bells still ringing from your credit card bill?
- Best holiday home destinations for investors
- Travel Warning: holiday disease spike
- Aussie workers have three months to live (without an income)
- Rent vs Buy
- Game on, borrowers, despite rates holding
JANUARY
- NSW on top of home loan rate wars
- The iBag sets out to curb credit card debt
- Introducing the iBag
- Australians urged to shop local
- Top jobs for Aussie travellers
- The real cost of the Australian dream
- Credit Cards sting travellers with fees
- Credit card incentives growing the Big 4's market share
- Big 4 banks lose home loan market share
Press Releases 2013
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OCTOBER
- Fixed Rate Rort
- Credit Card Rejects
- State-by-state profiling of First Home Buyers
- Rate rise on the horizon, speed up by US situation
- Married to your debt
- finder.com.au answer the most common home loan questions
- Travel cards shake up the credit card market
- How to spot e-business traps
- Borrowers in a buying frenzy
- No rate cut, but betting is on for race day
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