My little nieces and nephews have a savings account under their names except for the eldest who is I think almost 13. It was my dad’s idea to help them save money. All their birthday and Christmas money goes into the savings account. Although it has only been 7 …

Washington Mutual is a bank that advertises themselves as one of the Worlds leading banking providers and that you will experience the WAMU difference if you open an account. I also did it because they promised to give me a high rate of interest than my former bank so …

Over several years by now, my overall view on personal banking has been soured by televised special reports on scandals as well as seemingly slick tactics like hidden fees and delayed postings of transactions. Whenever I see an ad promoting a bank’s free checking or rewards program, I …

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. …

In Lancaster County, PA, home of lovely farms, Amish buggies and, increasingly, refugee commuters from Philadelphia and Baltimore, there is 153 year old start-up bank named Union National Community Bank. Seems like a bit of a misnomer, but these folks take the challenge to ‘be remarkable’ quite seriously …

i opened a account with Washington Mutual bank last month and was impressed with the free checking feature.This bank has its presence all over the states of USA.The free checking offer has free checks throughout your life time,you can withdraw cash worldwide from the ATMs and also after …

After being a Western Union customer for about 3 years, my relationship with this financial service company comes to its end. Why? As every other month today is the day when I am sending money to my family and being outside of my residential country, I decided to use …

I applied for a Standard Chartered Credit card just about 2 weeks ago, I never had the intention and did not submit an application; somehow my information got to a telemarketer and they have been calling me for God knows how long. I finally decided I will entertain this …

I have banked with Amplify for a little over a year and have had a series of bad experiences.
Their online banking is up to par, compared to any of the other three financial institutions with whom I do business. Their Bill Payer service is especially unreliable. I had several …

A Chase ID protection is a company which I had contact with when my grandfather was forced into buying their service. When you have a Chase credit card and you place a call to their customer service, you will find that at the end of every conversation they will …

I have been searching to open a new online banking facility with Sun Trust and I came across this Sun Trust bank online website. When I dig into the information for the services provided in their website, I felt like I am really visiting a bank. It was really …

Standard Life Pension Plan really works. It worked for me, at a critical point in my life in July 2009, when I was running out of funds and my online writing career was at its lowest ebb.
I applied for welfare with the Canadian government, but my request was …

Ok, so you CAN check your basic credit report from Experian here, but is is BASIC! The only way to get the “official Big 3″ reports is to sign up with their membership plan.
So I did, like a dummy. I received information about someone with my name, BUT …

I have been thinking recently that I want to start saving move to buy a house. I also know that in order to get the best rate on a home mortgage that I want to make sure that I have good credit. In order to establish better credit …

I never really thought I’d do this, you know, write a GOOD review about a bank, especially with the slew of bank bailouts from the government to ill-managed, greedy bank executives, but I am pleased to know that the bank I use, US Bank Corp, did need some TARP funds, …

WOW!! I recently visited the Landmark Bank in Linsay, Texas. I inquired about opening a new account. The service at this bank is unbelievable! The staff were right there from the monent I opened the door. Happy to meet and greet with me. I asked alot of questions and …

Paypal is probably the best known method of payments for online transactions. I’ve been a member of Paypal for eight years.
As an avid online shopper, I love to see Paypal as an option for payment. It is so much faster when checking out. With other credit cards you …

The First Premier Bank Gold credit card is a credit card that’s offered mainly to people that have bad or no credit. The credit limit on the card varies depending on the credit type. The First Premier Gold credit card was one of my first credit cards …

If you are looking for a bank, I highly recommend TD Bank! I recently opened an account with this bank when no other bank would help me. I had an old account that is listed with chexsystems that has been paid but I can not get removed …

I am one of the 153 million account holders of paypal. It is one of the safest way to have your transaction over the internet. I have my account with the site for almost a year now but I did not encounter any problems in the site. Just last …

I was hoping to open an account with Banco de Oro. But before I go to one of their branch offices, I wanted to know the requirements to open an account, so I called their 1-800 number hoping to talk to a bank representative. I spent three hours pressing …

For someone who has a main account in this bank, Metrobank surely knows how to devalue it’s name by giving me a credit card with only a credit limit of exactly $565. You’re wondering why there’s an extra $65 and it’s not an exact amount like $500 or $600 …

I’ll be the first to admit, I never really considered using the banking services of First National bank, even though it is among the big four banks in South Africa, but Standard Bank and ABSA are probably the biggest of the big four.
What made me go to FNB
In all …

This credit card from Citibank which is co-branded with Shell Philippines. This is part of my several credit cards. This year I plan to close some of those which I think is irrelevant. Like what I have always espoused that a credit card is record of good credit history …

Me and my husband were browsing the internet searching for online jobs we could find until we found a site regarding data entry which requires you to pay a membership fee of USD 49. It’s our first time trying this one and so we started reading the entire page …

Bank Rakyat Indonesia, or BRI, is well-known as the “bank of the villagers people” in Indonesia. As the time goes by, they transform to become “Bank for all people”.
I have become their customer since mid-2009. A lot of positive points which I want to share. First, it is very …

I do a lot of shopping online. I recently had fraudulent charges on my credit card. So I decided to purchase the Wal-Mart Money Card to use for my online shopping. I thought this was a really great idea because it acts as a prepaid debit …

Until three years ago, I had always done my own taxes by hand. I can’t quite remember what prompted me to try TaxAct.com — I think I needed to compare the outcomes for several scenarios and wanted to avoid tedious hand calculations. TaxAct lets you compute your …

I started my account at PayPal about 21/2 years ago. It was to get my payments from Websites that I first started using this service. It is the only fastest and reliable way to transfer money from any Website I am aware of. It is also good …

We recently changed our investment accounts and it has been for the better. The investment first I was previously with was not doing for me what I had initially expected it to. Since being with John Gebhardt and his associate Andy. Things have been steadily going …

I have been a client at Wells Fargo Bank in Palm Desert, CA for over 3 years. I have to say that I have been treated in a very kind and professional manner every time I have been in the bank. It is located on El Paseo …

Having a PSBank Money card is like getting a cash loan approved, only better, an ATM card is given and you can withdraw the money in full or in partial as you see fit. The Money card works like a credit card though. It has a billing statement(unlike salary …

Capital one is one of my first credit cards. They approved me when I had no credit at all. Overall they are pretty good to have. They send you a bill within a good amount of time before your bill is due. I like that, so that I can …

I had and still having a very bad experience with money2India. I heard about it from one of my friend and thought that lets give it a try. So I created the account on 4th June 07, As per the process I waited for 5-7 days for the sub …

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 …

I used to love HSBC, and their customer service team is very professional and has a nice handling time. Recently I have been using my Citibank card as the perks are more enjoyable and much worthy, and I was surprised to learn that my HSBC card’s credit limit …

I’m writing this very technical review just to give HSBC card holders a rough view of how the verification process takes place if you happen to have both paypal account and online banking capabilities for HSBC patrons. Well, I know how tight securities can be in banking transactions, …

I am always fond of having more than one bank account. I always wanted to have accounts in different banks for security and investment purposes.
I also have other different reason for having accounts in different banks. One is because I want to have different ATM cards and be able …

American Express Blue credit card offers cash back on all your purchases. Every purchase you make qualifies for cash back. You get a highly rate on gas, supermarket and drug store purchases (up to 5%). Other purchases earn up to 1.5% back. The more you …

I am not a person who understands a great deal about money matters and investments, so this review is very much from a layperson’s perspective. I am not some sort of financial whizkid, so when I have to deal with money issues, it helps me a lot when …

Two weeks ago, I went to Western Union to get money that was sent by my uncle for my sister’s graduation. I already have an account and membership through western union that is why I told him to drop it there so I can easily get it. The purpose …

I had to buy two Citizens Bank of Canada Prepaid Visa credit cards on January 6, 2011 because I had to do some hotel bookings. The Safeway superstore was still open that night. Each card carried a $100 load. I had hoped there was a bigger …

In 2007, I started buying items on the internet. Soon I located eBay, which used Pay Pal. I went to http://www.paypal.com to investigate. After entering all my personal information, they asked specifically for credit cards to be used. I only entered one card. But …

I never believed in using credit cards and always liked to pay cash. My motto was - why pay service charge to companies when I have cash to buy, and credit cards made you spend more than you could afford. All that changed when I heard of the Standard …

My parents have been using National City bank for many years and they love it. What they love the most is that they offer better service to seniors.
I’ve used this bank in the past and the staff is always very friendly and they understand human error. I had fees …

After I moved here to Oklahoma not too long ago, I thought one of the best bets for me would be to bank with a local branch. Rather than a big nationwide bank because they would be more personal to my needs. The first month I had …

I consulted the Miller and Miller law firm in Milwaukee in 2005 about my financial problems and the prospect of filing bankruptcy. I had done some research on the process but didn’t know how my situation would be handled. I called Miller and Miller and was assigned …

MetaQuotes Software is the company behind the super popular MetaTrader. This software provides a trading platform for brokerage services on Forex, CFD and Futures markets. The trading orders are carried out through the internet. As the internet grew in popularity, more and more people moved their financial actions and …

It has taken me a long time to find a bank that I liked, which is the first bank I’m currently with. But after listening to financial advisers and reading financial articles, I thought it would be smart to open up a second bank account with a different bank …

For me, BPI Express Online is the best online banking experience there ever is. I do online banking with other banks, but I find BPI EOL to be the most secure, user-friendly, efficient, most-updated site. It allows me to keep track of my expenses and cash flow even when …