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Your Facebook Profile Is Worth £64

Posted on January 9, 2011 by Rob Lewis - 2 Comments

Facebook was recently valued at a staggering $50 billion thanks to a $500 million investment by Goldman Sachs.

Tagged Business, social network

Was Your Card Double-Charged On New Year’s Eve?

Posted on January 6, 2011 by Rob Lewis - Leave a comment

The BBC is reporting that Lloyds Banking Group had a problem with their payment processing on New Year’s Eve, causing thousands of credit and debit card users to be double charged.

Tagged banking, payments

Google Mobile Payments Launching In 2011?

Posted on January 4, 2011January 4, 2011 by Rob Lewis - Leave a comment

A few high-profile sites have been reporting on a BusinessWeek article which seems to confirm that Google is looking into its own mobile payment service using NFC technology.

Tagged google, mobile, nfc, payments

Retailers Expected To Raise Prices Higher Than VAT Increase

Posted on January 3, 2011January 4, 2011 by Rob Lewis - Leave a comment

Have you spotted any prices rising by more than the increase in VAT? If so, let us know.

Tagged shopping, Tax

Tesco Now Buying Gold

Posted on January 3, 2011 by Rob Lewis - 7 Comments

Tesco have created the Tesco Gold Exchange which not only promises you a decent deal for your unwanted gold, but you also get Clubcard points too!

Tagged gold, shopping

Bankers Try To Censor Old Chip & PIN Flaw

Posted on December 31, 2010December 31, 2010 by Rob Lewis - Leave a comment

Back in February of this year (it’s still 2010 as I write this), we posted about a BBC Newsnight report that showed how a team of researchers from Cambridge University had managed to find a flaw in the Chip & PIN system.

Tagged banking, fraud, payments, security

Most Visited UK Finance Sites: November 2010

Posted on December 30, 2010December 30, 2010 by Rob Lewis - 1 Comment

The most popular UK finance sites in November 2010, courtesy of data from Google.

Tagged web

Most Visited Finance Sites: November 2010

Posted on December 29, 2010December 29, 2010 by Rob Lewis - Leave a comment

The top finance sites worldwide in November 2010, according to Google.

Tagged finance, web

Video: Concept Wallets Link To Your Bank Account

Posted on December 22, 2010 by Rob Lewis - Leave a comment

We’ve talked a lot about mobile phones replacing our wallets, but perhaps it’s not the end of the line for the humble leather money-holder.

Tagged innovation

Google Credit Card Rate Emails

Posted on December 17, 2010December 17, 2010 by Rob Lewis - Leave a comment

More on Google’s new service to email you the latest credit card rates, taken from their “comparison ads” which appear when searching for certain terms.

Tagged Credit Cards, google

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