I am travelling next month and in preparation for this, I went to the CSS Bureau de Change last Tuesday to buy some Euros using the Pula. Although the Botswana Pula is also accepted at the airport in Johannesburg, the applied rates are quite unattractive to me at 1:1. …

Paypal is an extremely easy and safe way of transferring money through the internet. I have personally used it and think it is just brilliant!
My experience with Paypal has been very good. I find it a pleasant, easy and safe way to buy and sell stuff online. I highly …

Last February (2012), I visited Australia for leisure. My wife and my son accompanied me. As Australian dollar (AUD) is used as means for legal tender throughout the country, beside US dollar (USD) bills I also brought some 100 AUD for our first needs in Australian airport and transfer …

Don’t be lured into “the nightmare that keeps on giving” by how attractive their interest rates first appear on paper. I have three different loan servicers, and I would rate my experience with the other two as “good” and “great”. I would rate Sallie Mae, however, as …

This is not the best credit card on the market, but I am a Starbucks customer, so I decided I might as well take advantage of it. I applied (and received) this VISA credit card solely for the promotion: They gave me $25 credit towards my future Starbucks purchase …

The Sony credit card is apparently one of the easier credit cards to get and I suggest that you apply for this card if you just need an extra card or you are looking to build credit. If you have bad credit and even if you have no credit …

I have been doing Foreign Exchange (Forex) Trading for a little over a year now and I can tell that this is no walk in the park. For even the most experienced Financer can tell you that trading for yourself is extremely nerve racking. Starting out using the …

I’ve been using PayPal since before eBay bought it, and I thought it was just about the best idea for an internet service that I could imagine. At first, I used it for receiving earnings from Get-Paid-to-Read type programs, and it made it possible to receive very small amounts. …

I have had a wonderful experience using my Capital One Credit Card. When I applied for the card I was given a low rate with no annual fee. My credit is not so great and yet they believed in me and gave me a chance! That was 6 years …

I have been a member of paypal for almost 2 years now. I started to use paypal when start earning online. Paypal is the most common method of paying online and it is very convenient. All the earning sites that I am working now, use paypal on their payment.
In …

I love and appreciate Capital One
When I turned 18 I was eager to start building my credit. I was told countless times about how important your credit was to keep, build, and maintain. At the time, The main thing I wanted my credit for was to finance a car, …

I had been dabbling with selling shoes on Ebay and as sales had taken off, I thought I had better get around to opening a business account instead of using my personal account. I was not an HSBC customer but it was nearby so I just popped in …

Trustworthy online brokers are hard to find. Because of this, I would like to tell you about Fidelity. The web site is www.fidelity.com for those who are interested but cannot find the site. I like many advantages about this site. These advantages include the mobile applications available. This does …

Citibank offers a lot of services to its customers. From checking to cash deposits to wealth management. It is one of the leading banks in the economy today. I chose to be one of its clients because of its good reputation.
Citibank offers a free checking account to customers who …

I was never really all that good at managing all of my various financial accounts. It’s so hard to go to each financial website and balance everything. One day I found out about Mint, or Mint.com. It’s a web based application that keeps track of all …

Uggh, tax season is upon us all again! Since every year I only have relatively simple income to report as confirmed by W-9s and a few 1099s and every year I only need to file a 1040EZ return, I’m always on the lookout for the least expensive BUT …

I have my Citibank Visa since 2006 and until now. I have used it for many times already like to my daughter’s Christening day, her first birthday, and even to her second birthday. I charged my groceries and other stuffs on my card many times. So meaning, that I …

As a member of Geico’s employee federal credit union, I decided to get their available Visa debit card that would be linked to my checking account. The paperwork for the card said I would not be charged ATM fees at any “Allpoint” ATM, a common type of ATM …

Another great feature and promo of the BPI Credit card system is their Triple Madness Promo. They have this promo send out to their customers every 3 months or every so often enabling their card holders to have more “credit line” when they need to buy electronics, and or …

One of the online banking service providers I have used for quite some time now is Pay Pal. Pay Pal is one of three online banking service providers that I use in an attempt to make sure that I am covered, as different associates of mine, with which I …

I received a bank-endorsed BDO Mastercard Black with a Php30K limit in March 2011. This is the first credit card under my name (I had a supplemental Citibank Gold VISA which I used on occassion), and I’d say that it’s pretty convenient to use as far as credit cards …

Happened to apply for ABN credit card many weeks ago. It is really good. Applied for platinum card. Found that it had offers in many major shopping places. Even we can link the Income tax, propety tax and other payments with this card. Best of all, no annual …

Well, it’s big news all day, every day now that the stock market has crashed and loans have dried up. All of the headlines are screaming about the need to save Wall Street from their’ own stupidity so that the world market once again becomes confident in the American …

My town, Ruidoso, NM, has few banks to choose from. In fact, four years ago when I needed to open my first checking account, I had no choice of national chains save the two branches of Wells Fargo. At the time, I was more frequently by the main branch, …

To those of you who spend a lot of hours online, the word will not be new to you. For the rest, HYIP stands for High Yield Investment Programmes. As the word implies, these are companies or individuals who usually meddle with Forex exchange or other sorts of profitable …

When I started in reviewstream.com, I had a Paypal account that I was most reluctant to link to my credit card. I had a very bad experience pre-paypal, and so I really researched on how I could safely get my earnings from Paypal. Fortunately, I learned that here in …

Pay Pal is a great internet banking site. Most sites that require you to pay money, or that you earn money from require you to have a paypal account so that money can be transfered to and from you very easily. Such as Ebay, if you purchase or sell …

My mother has been a customer of BECU since they approved an auto loan for her in 2006. Everything went well with them until she lost her job in the summer of 2009. Since that time their true colors have started to show. They state “We are a member-owned, …

When Paypal announced its partnership with the First National Bank, I really felt as if I had suddenly got a golden ticket and the road to online finance and opportunities was suddenly opened up.
As a South African citizen, the services offered by Paypal to me were limited to me …

I was online at Bank of America checking on my credit card account. While there I noticed, well it was hard to miss as in was in big letters, that I was being offered a special interest rate if I transfered balances from other credit cards. This …

I have been a customer of Household Bank for a few years now. I have never had any problems with them until now. I have a credit card from thier company. I had moved an changed addresses about 5 months ago. I didnt get any mail from them for …

As I mentioned in an earlier review, the company I work for recently sold out to another company. Even though we all remained employed, some changes were made in our benefits; including our 401K accounts. Mostly they decided to end the company’s relationship with Principal Financial Group.
And, unfortunately, that’s …

As my wife still has a Halifax credit I often have to go to the Halifax branch in the centre of Telford to pay her bill each month. The branch is quite a large one compared to a couple of the others that I have been to. …

I like to read personal finance blogs, partially to get ideas and partially because I’m a bit nosy - I like to see what other people are doing. This blog I wandered onto because it was featured in a newspaper article I was reading, I think.
At any rate, it’s …

This is an excellent opportunity for anyone in Nigeria to get a credit card. Since we all know how hard it is for anyone in this country to get a credit card, Zenith Bank`s service in providing means for Nigerians to transact business online is a superb gesture. You …

At The Money Shop you can cash cheques, purchase foreign currency, use their pawn broking facilities to get a loan against your gold, apply for a prepaid Mastercard and send money abroad via Western Union. They have branches nationwide, but it is the branch in Old Hall Street, …

My husband and I had banked faithfully with Citizens State Bank in New Baltimore for more than five years, and we knew all the employees at our local branch by name and they knew us. We were saddened when they said they were closing their doors and needed to …

We love American Express. They offer the most excellent customer service out of all credit cards we have ever had. We can call them to book flights, hotels, and they find the best rates for us, mail us the itinerary and in fact, sometimes give us an upgrade on …

Got my bill yesterday, and was shocked when I saw my balance. I immediately called up Citibank to ask why I had double charges. The bank representative was very friendly, and began to ask me details about the transaction. I found the receipts for the double charges from restaurants …

I have had nothing but good results from Lone Star Credit Union. I originally started out with them because when I bought my last vehicle they were offering financing for the car dealership. I already had an approved interest rate through another credit union but Lone Star came in …

Iam holding an account with POSB bank ever since I landed Singapore. (i.e for the past 5 years). I would like to share my experience with the bank. Customer service of this bank is simply superb. I am an exbanker and had worked with a multinational bank for 7 …

Nowadays, many websites involving money business, are using Paypal as a payment or receive payment method. Paypal is secure in a way but not all the countries support Paypal. My country, Malaysia, for one, do not support Paypal. Most Malaysians using Paypal are having trouble withdrawing money from Paypal. …

The YAP prepaid debit card - one of the WORST deals ever. Here’s why.
If you’ve ever been caught up with chex systems, been denied a bank account, or are plugged into the world of DIY virtual credit cards, then you’ve probably it heard of prepaid debit cards. These prepaid …

Globe G-Cash is very useful and helpful to my online business. Globe is the leading telecommunications company in the Philippines, and it has further established its name by pioneering this very ingenious idea. G-Cash is a virtual wallet in my mobile phone. I can put money in it in …

I’ve used PayPal for many years and I consider it the best online payment service on the planet. When I call them for assistance, they are quick to help and are friendly. The service makes it easy for me to send a payment to anyone directly from …

As you all must be aware of the importance debt plays throughout america specially the students who are mostly deprived of the standard or level of education which they are worthy of getting but didn’t get due to lack of financial aid available. Even if the loans are available …

Continental Airlines is now mailing out fliers and advertisements to current world Mastercard holders that offers them a bonus offer of one thousand bonus miles per month starting in July on the first and ending on the last day in December. The flier says that this is because of …

Chase Bank lured me into their “Free Checking” about a year ago because I wanted to move my money to a fresh bank and get better service for my money. Well once I was sitting in the chair waiting to open the account the representative told me it was …

I can honestly tell you that I have visited many Chase branches while I have been on the road for various projects. I have visited them in different stages and visited many within New York for a period of the last five years and I can honestly say that …

I have very good credit but still have some credit card debt that I’m trying to reduce. One good way to do that is to request that the company reduce the interest rate in order to keep you from looking elsewhere, perhaps to pay off this account with …