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Student Loan Email Scam

Posted on September 22, 2010September 21, 2010 by Rob Lewis - 2 Comments

Students are being warned to be vigilant when opening emails supposedly sent by the Student Loans Company.

Tagged email, fraud, loan, scam, Students

Mobile Payments Trialled On New York Subways & Taxis

Posted on September 21, 2010December 28, 2012 by Rob Lewis - Leave a comment

Visa have just started trialling a new system of payments that uses a special memory card inserted in a phone to pay for taxi, bus, train or subway rides in New York.

Tagged mobile, payments

Card Innovation: Is It A Step Forward Or A Step Back?

Posted on September 14, 2010 by Rob Lewis - Leave a comment

GigaOM has been taking a look at a startup company Dynamics, which designs chips that can fit into a card which is the same size and thickness as a traditional credit or debit card.

Tagged banking, payments, technology

Tax Demand Letter Templates

Posted on September 9, 2010 by Rob Lewis - 1 Comment

If you’ve been unlucky enough to get a tax demand from HMRC dropping through your letterbox this week, then you might find these tax demand letter templates useful.

Tagged Tax

Mobank iPhone App Review

Posted on September 8, 2010 by Rob Lewis - 4 Comments

I’ve just taken my first proper look around the Mobank iPhone app, so here is my review of their service and the app.

Tagged banking, iphone, mobile, Tools

Metro Bank: One Month In Business

Posted on September 6, 2010 by Rob Lewis - 3 Comments

Metro Bank have claimed that they have beaten their first years target for new accounts in only their first month of trading.

Tagged banking

Are Your Savings Safe? Banks That Share Licences

Posted on September 2, 2010 by Rob Lewis - 1 Comment

The paranoia of banks failing has died down somewhat since the depths of the recession, when savers up and down the country were busy making sure that they didn’t have more than £50,000 in one bank.

Tagged banking, Savings

Comparison Site Security Questioned

Posted on September 1, 2010May 25, 2011 by Rob Lewis - Leave a comment

Computer magazine PC Pro has highlighted some lax security measures on a couple of popular comparison sites which allows hackers to reveal personal details and the quote history of their visitors.

Tagged comparison sites, security

Use Cashback Sites? Don’t Bank On Getting Paid

Posted on August 31, 2010 by Rob Lewis - 9 Comments

MoneySavingExpert.com reports on the results of a Consumer Intelligence survey that suggests that 41% of cashback site users haven’t been paid for their transactions.

Tagged cashback

How Does Identity Fraud Work?

Posted on August 30, 2010 by Rob Lewis - Leave a comment

An infographic showing identity fraud statistics for the US, plus details on the various ways you can get your identity stolen.

Tagged fraud, statistics

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