YOUNG people need to stop complaining about how ridiculous house prices have made it hard to get ahead. Life is actually pretty good for them.

ANY expats living in New York or London who thought they had it tough, think again. The world’s costliest city for those working abroad charges $10 for a coffee.

The value of the British pound sterling may have been dropping in recent weeks, but imaginative Brits have found a way to put cash to work.

A SYDNEY woman claims she was overcharged by a plumber who came to fix her lifesaving dialysis machine.

RESEARCH has revealed what loved-up couples are doing when it comes to mixing money and love — but but what’s the best way to maintain a relationship?

PRESSURE is mounting for the banks to pass on the full RBA interest rate cut. Here’s how to make sure you’re not missing out.

IT’S become a generation that can’t win. Gen Y are holding a shrinking portion of Australia’s private wealth, and this is what they’re facing.

THE competition watchdog is working on a plan to reveal how much extra you should pay for fuel outside the city.

HIGH interest rates on credit cards have frustrated consumers but many are fighting back, new data shows.

AUSSIE households struggling with power bills are subsidising the cooking and heating costs of Japanese families.

A CRACKDOWN on credit card rorts should mean Australians pay less for football tickets and plane flights, the Federal Government says, as a new ban begins this week.

MEET the Joneses: permanently tanned, always on holiday, constantly posting on social media ... and more likely than not, up to their eyeballs in credit card debt.

A WOMAN who lived in a mud hut in Serbia despite inheriting almost $1m from her dead Australian husband has died — and her neighbours are suspicious of where her fortune has gone.

CREDIT card balance-transfer deals are flooding onto the market in a bid to lure in new customers who are mulling over their post-Christmas debt.

CASH-strapped Aussies are resorting to using their credit cards to pay for everyday expenses and many can’t pay off their plastic bills in full each month.

BARRING a major financial meltdown, super funds are set to deliver a positive investment return for the seventh successive year. The only problem is that financial markets could be about to tumble later this week.

AUSTRALIA’S middle class is disappearing amid a widening gap between the haves and the have-nots in an unprecedented way, new research shows.

WOULD you feel comfortable leaving a tap running with water gushing down the sink? A similar “leak” is costing you thousands.

BECAUSE you probably are, according to the latest statistics. But there’s a frustrating reason it doesn’t seem that way.

COULD you live without cash? According to Westpac, Australia will be totally cash-free by 2022. We gave it a go, and it wasn’t great.