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Author: Rob Lewis

8 Things Your Bank Should Never Ask You To Do

Posted on October 13, 2014 by Rob Lewis - Leave a comment

The British Banking Association has launched a new campaign which it hopes will help to combat bank account fraud.

Tagged banking, fraud, Tips

Vouchercloud Aims To Disrupt Gift Card Market With “Giftcloud” App

Posted on October 9, 2014September 24, 2017 by Rob Lewis - Leave a comment

Discount voucher website vouchercloud has announced the launch of Europe’s first completely digital gifting app and website, which it hopes will disrupt the entire gifting market; in particular the £5bn gift card sector.

Tagged app, gifts

Hack An ATM For Piles Of Cash

Posted on October 8, 2014September 2, 2015 by Rob Lewis - 1 Comment

In what looks like a scene from a movie, the BBC has published a video showing a cash machine handing out piles of cash after being hacked.

Tagged ATM, fraud, security

Pennies: New Budgeting iPhone App

Posted on October 7, 2014 by Rob Lewis - Leave a comment

This week sees the release of a stylish new budgeting app for iPhone.

Tagged apps, budgeting, iphone, mobile

Brits “More Likely To Change Spouse Than PIN”

Posted on October 1, 2014September 30, 2014 by Rob Lewis - 1 Comment

In a survey of more than 2,000 UK consumers, they found that 19% of Brits have not changed their PIN number in more than 15 years, while the average marriage that ends in divorce lasts 11.5 years.

Tagged banking, security

TransferWise Redesigns & Relaunches

Posted on September 17, 2014 by Rob Lewis - 1 Comment

Having never had any need to use them, I’ve never really taken too much notice about international money transfer services. However a press release I received about TransferWise piqued my interest, largely down to the service’s origins and rapid growth.

Tagged FX, transfers

Video: Apple Pay In Action

Posted on September 10, 2014September 10, 2014 by Rob Lewis - Leave a comment

Leaving aside Apple’s latest shiny hardware, in the shape of the iPhone 6, iPhone 6+ and the forthcoming Apple Watch, for those of us interested in personal finance, the most important announcement at yesterday’s event was the launch of Apple’s mobile payment system, Apple Pay.

Tagged apple, iphone, nfc, payments

MoneyDashboard Adds New Functionality

Posted on August 19, 2014 by Rob Lewis - 2 Comments

MoneyDashboard have recently added a few new features to their site to help improve the management of the accounts you aggregate through their service.

Tagged MoneyDashboard, PFM, Tools

goHenry vs Osper

Posted on July 7, 2014February 3, 2017 by Rob Lewis - 1 Comment

Following my post on Osper a few days ago, a similar service offering pre-paid debit cards to children, goHenry, was bought to my attention.

Tagged Children, debit cards

Osper: Debit Card For Kids, Managed By Parents

Posted on June 30, 2014February 10, 2017 by Rob Lewis - Leave a comment

Osper is a new prepaid debit card for 8 to 18 year old which allows them to access their money online, in most shops, at cash machines and even abroad.

Tagged Children, debit card, osper

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