Paypal is a free payment processor which online merchants can use to accept credit cards online. I used this before and think it has a lot of positive points but bad points as well.
Paypal has its pros and cons. The pros include: Convenience. It makes it easy for …

Yes, that’s right. ING Direct, the notorious online savings account company, is now offering home mortgages and refinancing options for its customers. Curious to find out what their rates were like in comparison to other companies, we called and worked with them regarding our own home mortgage …

Sharebuilder.com is a online broker of sorts where the typical novice or professional investor can buy or sell stocks. The cost per trade can range anywhere from $4 to $14.95 depending on the plan and the time frame of your trade. THE $4 commission is quite possibly the lowest …

I have been banking at Wells Fargo since January of 1972. One would think that if I had a check signed over to me, that I could deposit it into my account. Not so. The person that the check was originally made out for, must either have an account …

Being a late started in the stock market; I had missed the bus of growth. When my friend’s investment was skyrocketing I was counting how much my money would have gone up in my fixed deposits. However, recently I realized my fault and decided to take a bold step …

This is the second time I have approached these guys for a short-term loan, like Money Mart or Mogo Money, but to no avail. To be honest, I am starting to wonder how this company stays in business. Primarily what attracted me to inquire about the company …

I have absolutely no idea why this bank’s ATM machine keeps eating up my cards or worse debits amounts that were never dispensed. The only ATM machine close to my work is BPI, and when I need emergency this is the usual place I run to. I don’t have …

I have been so satisfied with my EON CyberAccount offered by the Unionbank of the Philippines. Indeed it has given me so many banking benefits that made me really happy about it. At first I was hesitant to get it because I thought the P350 service charge per year …

The Standard Bank of South Africa is the banking institution of choice for me and I have been using their services for about four years now. I am not the only person in my family using their services and this is what actually led me to take the decision …

I have heard of PayPal for a very long time but didn’t try it then. I didn’t need it back then anyway. I have been working online for a couple of months now and as soon as I started doing so, I immediately signed up for an account in …

In my opinion, the Absa Bank business banking service is an extensively researched service because I really feel as if the thought process behind each and every last aspect of the service has been carefully carried out and they just seem to have all the right answers to all …

I have struggled with fiscal issues since birth. Every start of the year, part of the annual resolution is to make a sound fiscal plan. I have opened more accounts that I care to count. So, when I saw that the RCBC Savings Bank extended their operating hours …

Vanilla MasterCard Gift Card is a prepaid credit card that works just like any credit card, except that it’s backed up by hard cash. To get this, I went to the local branch of Money Mart in our neighborhood, a financial institution that offers short-term loans such as …

Once, I signed up for a Providian Credit Card. I soon learned that they were horribly expensive, and closed my account using email, a letter, and by phoning them, directly. I thought I had learned my lesson of NOT ever opening a Providian account, again, and believed I was …

Sometimes it’s the little things that make a company stand out from its competitors. This includes the ability to call them up with a problem or question that you think is going to be hard, but they make it so easy you think there was a mistake.
Providian Financial Group …

When my husband came home from work in November toting the paperwork for his health insurance there was no doubt in my mind that we would be enrolling in the coverage. Let’s face it, everyone needs health insurance and since we had been without coverage since I had left …

I have been a happy customer of ING Direct for over a year now. Opening an online savings account with them, known as Orange Savings, was a quick and easy procedure. I did it all online, linked the new account to my regular checking account at the local bank, …

The Arch card is one that was given to me as a gift because it would help me save money. This is essentially a pre paid card that you can only use at your local Mcdonalds toward the purchase of any food products in the store. What is great …

I have been dealing with BDO eversince my company chose to transfer our payroll system with them way back 2006. I have to say that I am very disappointed with how they service their customers. Considering their status as the Philippines Biggest Bank(end 2008) ,their customer service is non …

With all of the bad press for not only credit cards but also debt collectors, I’m happy to report that working at HSBC is both rewarding and satisfying. They actually empower you to HELP out their card members. I mean sure, there will always be some bad seeds …

I have been using the Internet to do my banking for a number of years. Lots of people feel that they are at risk of theft and fraud if they bank on the internet. The fact that you can check your bank as often as you like is actually …

I got to work this morning, and my co workers started talking about their tax refunds, and I was reminded that I completely forgot that I still had not filed mine. I decided that I needed to find a company in my area to prepare my taxes because …

I had an account with Bank of America for 12 years. For online banking, Bank of America is one of the worst banks out there. The site is difficult to navigate, and often the information you need is “temporarily unavailable” and you need to check back later. Sometimes …

Hospitability and customer care are the pillars of success for any business and it holds true even with the banking industry. If they service provided is user friendly and caters the need of the general people then it sure is bound to success. Recently a new Bank came to …

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 …

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 have just closed my account on one of the banks I’m not ready to disclose yet. (You will discover it on my next review.) In connection to this one, I have to open a new one so that I can reactivate my PayPal account. I did research through …

Our office recently switched to Security Bank for some reason, and I’m not really happy about it. Security Bank, though an established financial institution, still lacks a lot of services. For one thing, I can’t seem to transfer funds to my personal savings account. I have tried through their …

Worldpay is an online payment processor which enables online merchants and sellers to accept credit cards worldwide. I used Worldpay before and can attest to its reliability as a payment processor.
Before anything, you need to sign up and supply your personal and website details at http://www.worldpay.com. This is …

As a young man who is solely involved in multiple business ventures, spanning over a variety of things, I need to have an account that manages my funds for me without much bank charges or complicated processes.
I have since acquired a savings account with the Standard Bank of South …

I am not in favor of poor quality of service. No matter what line of business it is, once I am dissatisfied I call it quits. That is the reason why I canceled my account with Banco de Oro (BDO) Eastwood Branch. It is not the people alone, but …

Now this online payment processor I stumbled upon completely by mistake, in a desperate attempt to find an alternative to Paypal, which was not offering full services to residents of the Republic of South Africa among other countries.
Moneybookers for me, is a bit like a personal banker in my …

Marketiva is one of the online forex brokers out there. For introduction, forex refers to the market for currencies. In forex you buy one currencies and sell of another. And broker is a party that mediates between a buyer and a seller. And like I said earlier, Marketiva is …

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 …

If you watch the news any day of the week then you know that gas is very expensive and that is economy is in a very bad way and since we live in this country we must find something to do in order to combat this. Since the president …

I just witnessed my cousin get really angry. It was her turn to pay for our electric bill, and this was her first time to use BPI online banking. My mom and my sisters use it all the time, because it’s easier than going to the bank to pay …

It’s been almost 1 month and a half since I applied for the VISA EON card that Union bank Philippines is offering. I applied for this card because I need to have a verified Paypal account, otherwise, I will not be able to withdraw my Paypal balance. …

Everyone have different experiences when they bank. The review depends on what type of experiences they had. My experience with Citibank was little bad, though good in few ways.
The good thing I can point is, the Over Draft (OD) account provided. Few years back, when I didn’t have any …

Whenever I’ve seen online jobs one thing that comes to my mind is how they would pay me and where they would send the payment if ever so I made a thorough research on this matter since I’m pretty much interested in earning online and buying some stuff online. …

Capital One online banking is a banking that I have just signed up for mainly because it offers interest on the account. At first, I didn’t know Capital One offered checking accounts because their only products were savings accounts and personal and business credit cards. However, once I learned …

As a South African resident who is constantly looking for ways to earn money, the internet was one place that was a bit of a far-fetched —˜promised-land’ for me, since most of the opportunities to earn pay out through Paypal, the most widely used online banking merchant.
I was always …

I like knowing which credit cards are a good investment and which ones are a bad investment, and believe me: Applied bank unsecured visa gold credit card is a BAD investment. The idea behind the Applied bank unsecured visa gold credit card is to help people with bad credit …

Would you send your money to strangers, far away, for them to hold for you? I was hesitant. If there is a problem, will they respond?
Well, I took a chance five years ago. I had my money in checking and savings accounts at a local credit …

State bank of India , The biggest bank in India but sorry to say only the name is big. The staffs recruited just don’t have any kind of knowledge on the current requirements of the customers and just blandly say no to any requests or queries. Being the largest commercial …

I do hate tax time, but it is inevitable it will come again year after year. One of the most helpful things I have found is the IRS web site. This site has everything to help you out with your taxes. There is an incredible amount …

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 …

I have been a loyal customer of Banco de Oro since I could remember. Banco de Oro has also been good to me, sending me pre-approved credit cards and rewards card. I used the rewards card but disregarded the credit cards. By this time, I already had several credit …

The site for Zecco Trading Center, is mainly a stock trading platform, and is of distinguished quality. I joined the program after graduating college at or around December 2008. I used the money made through my lawyer’s work, to garner me more profits. I’ve researched a …

I think dealing with taxes is among the complicated and hassle matters to deal with. In most places, taxes is among the sensitive matters in life. Based on my observation, the tax system of Australia is among the best ones. The administrative procedure is very simplified and organized. …

If you are a person who likes things that are hard to find in the United States then you will more than likely find yourself shopping the Internet on a global basis in search of your favorite things. I am a person who shops on Ebay Europe all of …