WELCOME TO THE 2018 FINDER AWARDS
The 2018 finder Awards recognise the best products and the most exciting innovations in finance, tech, travel and shopping in Australia. We've compared thousands of products for our Product Awards to identify the best deals in credit cards, home loans, banking, health insurance, mobile plans, car insurance and loans, and NBN plans, while our Innovation Awards highlight amazing innovations from Australian companies. Winners were revealed at our gala event in Sydney on 26 September 2018.
Here's the complete list of winners: click on any category name to see the full list of finalists and learn more about why they won.
Product Awards 2018
- Best Frequent Flyer Card: ANZ Frequent Flyer Black
- Best Rewards Card: ANZ Rewards Platinum
- Best Balance Transfer Credit Card: St.George / Bank of Melbourne / Bank SA Vertigo Platinum Card
- Best Low Rate Credit Card: Northern Inland Credit Union Low Rate Visa Credit Card
- Best No Annual Fee Credit Card: Northern Inland Credit Union Low Rate Visa Credit Card
- Best Owner Occupier Home Loan - Variable: Tic:Toc Live in Loan Variable Rate - Principal & Interest
- Best Owner Occupier Home Loan - 3 Year Fixed: Bank Of Queensland Home Loan Privileges Package - 3 Year Fixed (Owner Occupier $150,000+ Discount, P&I)
- Best Investor Home Loan - P&I - Variable: Tic:Toc Invest Loan Variable Rate Home Loan - Principal & Interest
- Best Savings Account: ME Online Savings Account
- Best Transaction Account: ING Orange Everyday
- Best Travel Insurance – Value: Tick Travel Insurance – Standard
- Best Travel Insurance – Comprehensive: Budget Direct – Comprehensive
- Best Prepaid SIM: Kogan Mobile Extra Large 30 Day Prepaid Plan
- Best Postpaid Month-to-Month SIM: Moose Mobile $39 Plan
- Best NBN 50 Plan (50/20): Flip TV NBN Unlimited Fast 50/20 Mbps 18 Month
- Best Health Insurance – Value: Health.com.au - Entry Hospital $500 excess with Basic Extras 65
- Best Health Insurance – Comprehensive: Phoenix Health Fund Limited - Top Hospital $500 Excess & Top Extras
- Best Car Loan: Holiday Coast Credit Union New Vehicle Variable
- Best Car Insurance – Value: 1300 Insurance
- Best Car Insurance – Comprehensive: Hume Bank
Innovation Awards 2018
- Best Banking Innovation: NPP
- Best Travel Innovation: Skyscanner
- Best Tech Innovation: Tic:Toc
- Best Online Shopping Innovation: HelloCars
- Best Online Customer Service: iM CUA
- Most Innovative Team/Person: Afterpay
- Best Personal Finance App: Finch
For our Innovation Awards, our in-house judges were helped out by expert industry judges to score submissions across seven key categories. A special thanks to our expert industry judges:
- Jo Munro, The Savvy Shopaholic
- Foad Fadaghi, Managing director, Telsyte
- Melissa Browne, Entrepreneur and author
- Michael Gebicki, Traveller columnist
- Lisa Montgomery, Former CEO and consumer finance specialist
- Anouche Newman, CEO of the Customer Service Institute of Australia
- Tim McIntyre, Editor of Moneysaver HQ