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Month: February 2016

New Tool Helps Calculate The Cost Of Your Commute To London

Posted on February 25, 2016March 1, 2016 by Rob Lewis - Leave a comment

A new online tool shows commuters the real cost of their daily journey to work – mapping annual travel costs from every train station in the London commuter belt.

Tagged Money Saving, travel

£5.7billion: Amount Britons Spent On Unused Tech in 2015

Posted on February 24, 2016 by Rob Lewis - Leave a comment

£5.7billion was spent on unused technology in the UK during 2015, according to new research undertaken by a money saving website.

Tagged gadgets, spending

Google To Shut Down Their Financial Comparison Service

Posted on February 24, 2016 by Rob Lewis - Leave a comment

Google has announced that it is to close Google Compare, its financial comparison service, at the end of March. Over the last few years, Google has tried to integrate comparisons for financial products, such as credit cards, car insurance & mortgages, directly in to its search results, both in the UK and the US. They did […]

Tagged comparison site, google

Paypal Mobile App Redesign

Posted on February 21, 2016 by Rob Lewis - Leave a comment

The Paypal mobile app has recently gone through a redesign, in an effort to make it simpler and more personal for users, wherever they may be.

Tagged app, mobile, paypal

Is Your Contactless Card Being Scanned Without You Knowing?

Posted on February 19, 2016 by Rob Lewis - 1 Comment
Contactless card scam

A viral photo suggests that there are scammers using contactless card terminals to take payments from unsuspecting people.

Tagged contactless, payment, scam

Curve Wants To Replace All Your Credit & Debit Cards

Posted on February 18, 2016February 18, 2016 by Rob Lewis - Leave a comment

Curve is a new app and payment card which aims to become an aggregator for your credit and debit cards, combining all of your existing cards on to a single physical card backed by an iOS app.

Tagged Credit Cards, debit cards, iphone app, payments

New Bank Mondo Crowdfunding £1 Million Investment

Posted on February 18, 2016February 17, 2016 by Rob Lewis - Leave a comment

Mondo, which is a new start-up hoping to turn its app into a fully-fledged bank later this year, is set to launch a crowdfunding drive to raise a further £1 million to help with their launch.

Tagged app, banking, investment, Mondo

Barclays Confirms Imminent Apple Pay Launch

Posted on February 17, 2016February 17, 2016 by Rob Lewis - Leave a comment

A Barclays executive has confirmed that it will launch on Apple Pay within the next month and a half.

Tagged apple pay, mobile, payments

Contactless Spending Hits £1 Billion

Posted on February 17, 2016February 16, 2016 by Rob Lewis - Leave a comment

The UK Card Association has released figures showing that contactless spending reached £1 billion in a month for the first time last November.

Tagged contactless, spending

Splittable: Split Bills, Track Expenses With Housemates

Posted on February 16, 2016 by Rob Lewis - Leave a comment
Splittable

Splittable is an iPhone and Android app aimed at housesharers looking to keep track of shared expenses.

Tagged app, expenses, Students

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