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Welcome to the RaboPlus Blog

Read Mike and Diana's opinions and views about the current state of New Zealand's financial wellbeing.

About Mike Heath

Mike Heath is the General Manager for RaboPlus.co.nz.

With a Bachelor of Commerce degree from Otago University, Mike’s career to date has predominately been in the fields of Sales & Marketing.

See Mike’s full profile on LinkedIn

About Diana Clement

Diana Clement is an Auckland-based freelance personal finance and investment writer.

She was the winner of the New Zealand Property Media Awards 2007 and has worked in the UK and New Zealand as a journalist since 1988.

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RaboPlus On Call Account - 5 Star Cannex Rating for the 3rd year in a row!

For the 3rd year in a row our On Call Savings account has been awarded a 5 Star rating, the highest available, from Cannex... Read More...

Published 03-26-2009 1:22 p.m. by Blog BikeNZ

Filed under: RaboPlus, Mike Heath, Saving account, CANNEX
RaboPlus Term Deposits … our Term Deposit rates are not as low as people are people telling me.

I acknowledge they are not market-leading, a fact we are not trying to hide, but they are not that bad either.With markets the way they are and rates at an all time low, unless you’re looking to lock your money away for say, 3 to 5 years... Read More...

Published 03-26-2009 9:05 a.m. by Blog BikeNZ

Filed under: RaboPlus, Mike Heath, blog, Interest rates, term Deposits
Why do we have a blog?

Back in June ’08 I posted a comment on why we actually have a blog – this was in response to what was quite a common question at the time. Read More...

Published 03-13-2009 3:40 p.m. by Blog BikeNZ

Filed under: RaboPlus, Mike Heath, blog
The first test for the deposit guarantee

It will be interesting to see what the fallout is from the collapse of Mascot Finance. This is the first test for the government’s retail deposit guarantee scheme. Read More...

Published 03-13-2009 1:33 p.m. by Blog BikeNZ

Filed under: RaboPlus, Deposit Guarantee, Mike Heath
Fraud awareness isn’t limited to one week of the year

Each year the Ministry of Consumer affairs runs a "Fraud Awareness Week" drawing people’s attention to the numerous ways they could fall victim to others trying to illegally gaining access to their money … basically an attempt to educate people...

Published 03-13-2009 1:33 p.m. by Blog BikeNZ

Filed under: RaboPlus, Mike Heath, Fraud, Banking security