The ThisIsMoney blog has mentioned something that I was made aware of in an email a few weeks ago – a rumour that you can notify the police you’re being mugged by typing your PIN in backwards at a cash machine. Although these types of rumour are probably propogated by welling-meaning folk, this is of […]
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New Year, New Finances: Credit Cards
If you’re like many families in the UK, you’re probably dreading seeing your latest credit card statement following Christmas and New Year. Much of the cost of presents, food, drink and parties is likely to have been whacked onto the “sod it” card, and much like yourself, that debt is now sitting around slowly getting […]
New Year, New Finances: Life Assurance
The is the second in a short series of posts looking at how you can simply sort out your finances for the New Year. Today we’re talking about life assurance. Firstly, if you do not have life insurance you should really consider if you need it. Do you have any dependents? What would happen to […]
New Year, New Finances: Mortgages
This first in a series of posts looking at freshening up your finances for the New Year concentrates on mortgages.
Barclaycard Flexi-Rate: Encouraging Responsible Borrowing?
Barclaycard have recently launched their new credit card, the Flexi-Card.
5 Tips To Help Sell Your Home
This Is Money has posted 5 tips for helping you to sell your home: Go for a quick fix – do all those jobs that you’ve been putting off, such as touching up the paintwork. Declutter – hide all of your clutter, as prospective buyers will be more impressed if they’re not having to step […]
Warning For Drivers Insured With CIS
The BBC reports that up to 2000 drivers insured with Co-operative Insurance (CIS) may be technically uninsured, due to a problem with some renewals. CIS says it will pay any claims that are made, but confirmed that technically the drivers are breaking the law by driving without valid insurance. If you’re insured to drive through […]
Motley Fool: Make Yourself A Millionaire!
Last night, my wife and I stared death in the face — and lived to tell the tale!
5 Tips For Selling On eBay
Over at This Is Money, they recently posted 5 tips for selling on eBay: If you accept credit card payments through PayPal, then you’re a shop – so you have to abide by the same rules as a normal shop. Under section 75 of the 1974 Consumer Credit Act, the credit card lender is jointly […]
Changes To Money Watch
If you get notified of updates to Money Watch via our RSS feed, then you may have noticed a flood of posts over the last few weeks. I’m working on a few changes in order to add a personal finance news aggregator. This will bring together many different sources of personal finance news, and, taking […]