Pioneer Finance

This weekend we will all be supporting the All Blacks!  Let’s hope the unfortunate media interest this week, won’t effect our play, on the day.

We’d like to welcome Pam to the Pioneer Finance family.   Pam has taken on an Admin role with us,  based in our Wellington Office, and she’ll be the voice you hear on our 0800 number.  So don’t be shy, make sure you say Hi.

Growing a business is all about building relationships and word of mouth, is a great form of advertising.  There are still people out there, just like you, who don’t know about us.  If you have had a loan with us, or still have  a current loan, share your Pioneer experience and tell all your friends and [...]

Like the rest of NZ we have all been watching the success of the NZ All Whites in South Africa.  We decorated our office with balloons and banners to show our support for the All Whites, and participated in the big “White Out” in Newmarket.  What a day for NZ, a really good result, even [...]

Another interesting article from the Sunday Star Times, about credit cards has highlighted the pit falls of just paying your minimum monthly repayment.  Have you thought how long it would actually take to pay your credit card off in full if you just paid your minimum monthly?  It’s staggering.  The harsh reality of some peoples [...]

Did you know that at Pioneer Finance, we don’t charge a regular account maintenance fee?  This is our guarantee to you.  Many finance companies charge these on a weekly or monthly basis, on top of your establishment fees.  If you have a loan agreement over a 3 year term, you could end up paying an [...]

It’s a necessary Insurance in these times.  Have you been effected by a downturn in the job market?  Could you afford to make your loan repayments if you lost your job?  Many clients simply can’t, there isn’t the job market out there of old. We have many clients who didn’t think they would ever make [...]

An interesting article in the Dominion Post on 1/02/2010, stated that personal loan applications have increased by 120%, and credit card applications are down 28%,  for the period Dec 08 – Dec 09.  This gets the thumbs up from the Federation of Family Budgeting Services, who see  structured loans as better options to credit cards, especially for [...]

On 29th January 2010 we bid farewell to one of our long term employees, Bev Jones.  Bev, who headed our arrears/collection team, has left to become a student, striving towards a business/accounting degree.  Those of our clients who knew Bev well, will attest to her no nonsence approach when it came to missed payments, or [...]

We have paid $3,300 to the Red Cross Samoa Earthquake & Tsunami appeal, via our Lifestyle Protection Insurance promotion launched in November.  Thank you to all those customers that applied between 1 November and 22 December, and took Lifestyle Protection, thereby helping contribute to the appeal. We wish all our customers and friends a very [...]