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Virgin Bank To Charge For Accounts

Posted on March 8, 2010March 7, 2010 by Rob Lewis - Leave a comment

Hot on the heels of the news that Metro Bank has been granted a banking licence by the FSA, more news from another bank that is hoping to soon be appearing on the UK high-street.

Tagged banking

Metro Bank Granted Licence

Posted on March 7, 2010 by Rob Lewis - 2 Comments

Metro Bank, which is threatening to shake-up the UK banking market by returning it to a more “customer-centric” business, has finally been granted a licence by the Financial Services Authority (FSA).

Tagged banking

Beware Facebook/Twitter iPad Scam

Posted on March 4, 2010 by Rob Lewis - Leave a comment

This latest scam takes the form of a Facebook app, which offers you and your network of friends the chance to get a free iPad as part of a research programme.

Tagged facebook, scams, twitter

Make Payments To Your Facebook Friends

Posted on March 3, 2010 by Rob Lewis - Leave a comment

A new app has been launched which allows you to make small payments to your Facebook friends.

Tagged facebook, payment

076 Phone Number Scam

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

The Guardian’s Technology blog has a warning about a new but far from sophisticated phone scam, which uses a special set of numbers reserved for radiopagers.

Tagged fraud, mobile, scams

First Direct Need These 5 Tips To Stop Twitter Hackers

Posted on March 2, 2010March 2, 2010 by Rob Lewis - Leave a comment

First Direct recently became one of the more high profile Twitter users to have their accounts hacked, thanks to a phishing scam that was spreading by Direct Message last week.

Tagged security, twitter

Mackems Love Comparison Sites

Posted on March 1, 2010 by Rob Lewis - Leave a comment

Data from Hitwise suggests that “financial aggregators” – comparison sites such as Moneysupermarket.com, Confused.com and GoCompare – are most popular with people living in Sunderland.

Tagged aggregators, comparison sites, statistics

Kublax Dies… Again.

Posted on February 26, 2010February 26, 2010 by Rob Lewis - Leave a comment

Scrap what we said the other day about Kublax possibly being able to continue, an email sent to users today confirms they’ve gone out of business.

Tagged Business, Tools

Google Now Does Credit Card Comparisons

Posted on February 25, 2010February 25, 2010 by Rob Lewis - 2 Comments

Google has made its first official steps into the UK financial comparison market with the launch of a tool to compare credit card rates.

Tagged Credit Cards, google, Tools

Groupola: Group Buying Power

Posted on February 25, 2010February 28, 2010 by Rob Lewis - 18 Comments

A new deal website has launched aiming to give massive discounts on a range of items, provided enough people agree to take up the deal.

Tagged deals, discounts, shopping

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