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 …

I am a loyal customer of this BCA (Bank Central Asia) for a long time already. And I think I am using their BCA Internet Banking since few years ago.
I remember when there was a criminal report about somebody who tried to steal money or hacked the site. …

In my country, RBTT Bank, or the Royal Bank of Trinidad and Tobago is one of the major banks. However, before some months ago I had never done business with them, and when I did, it was to lodge and trhen cash a paypal cheque which of course came …

Pnbindia.com is the official site for Punjab National Bank, which is one of the leading banks in India, the site gives all the necessary
information about the bank and the plans. At the same time it also offers net banking facility to its customers. Once we are a net …

Because the world wide web is becoming the venue to process almost everything except to eat, there are various innovations introduced. The world wide web is the gateway for the modern world. It is created to expand business horizon, to disseminate information, to do research online ( right now …

In an effort to try to catch up with inflation (my previous savings account offered only a 0.1% interest rate), I recently transferred my money to an American Express high-yield savings account with a 1.7% annual percentage yield. Interest is paid monthly and compounded daily.
So far, I have not …

Netspend Visa Prepaid cards. Boy oh boy what a luxury to feel the expense of using it each time you need it for purchases.
First time users have to first buy the card to load it. A minimum of $10.00 at selected participating stores. Average minimum of $20.00 at most …

This is the bank with which I had my first account opened, back when I was about fourteen years old, and one can only imagine the excitement that came with that.
The account I had opened was then a children’s account and I am really grateful to Absa for simplifying …

I have been a customer of Lloyds TSB since 1998, and for the most part I have been outraged by the terrible level of customer services. I cannot abide poor service as a customer and this bank have let me down time after time.
I was about ready to throw …

With the advent of internet techonology, stock trading became much easier and more conveient. This service was pioneered by Citiseconline, also a listed company in the Philippine Stock Exchange with ticker COL.
Last year, I opened an account with Citiseconline to continue my stock tradings. It was when they …

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 heard about Paypal for quite some time. I had not used it before. I am aware of the fact that alot of retail shops online use and accept paypal as well as ebay.
I signed up for pay pal a few months ago. I thought the …

Paypal has been a real life saver for me and my family, especially since I acquired the Paypal debit card. Since being laid off from my job, it’s been difficult for me to find work outside the home, so I have been working online doing various things at various …

I often use the Halifax bank in Tewkesbury as it is our local branch to pay one Lyndsey credit cards each month. The branch is located in the heart of the Tewkesbury Town Centre which is only a ten minute walk away from us.
The branch is in an …

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 …

My parents have been maintaining a time deposit with RCBC, and it has been 6 years since they touched their investment. My mom sold a huge piece of land she inherited from her older brother and she didn’t want to use the money to invest in a business that …

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, …

When renting a house or apartment in Belgium, it is stipulated in the lease contract that the lessee has to give 2 months guarantee on top of the monthly rent. This is to protect the property owner from any damages incurred by tenants as a result of staying in …

Since my eighteenth birthday a few years ago, the freedom of managing ones own finances fully was quite a great responsibility to have to take on, but with all my decision making powers, I still couldn’t qualify for a credit card (as I have never held a high enough …

Earlier this week I was trying to set up a new bank account for our Boy Scout troop. We had an account with the Union Bank previously but they did not offer online banking or debit cards and the account was in a former scoutmaster’s name as a personal …

At the beginning of every fiscal quarter for the past year I have found a flyer in my mailbox from Chase offering a $100.00 bonus upon opening up a checking account with them. Normally I throw them away, but last month I decided to finally open the account.
The first …

Hsbc Credit card services is so impressive and they really do care for their customer. Let me tell you what happened, I purchased an item online and after a few hour I received a call from a lady, she said that she was calling from Hsbc. At first I …

This is one of the credit cards which I really anticipated to have. I recalled when the huge billboard in Ayala Center Cebu was unfolded, I couldn’t get off my eyes on it. The card was just so attractive that I wanted it on my Chanel wallet. I like …

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 …

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 …

Citibank loan services is the lender that I choose to pay for my student loans through college and graduate school because they offered bonuses that other companies did not offer like a 2% interest reduction for payments made online and consistently on time. Their rates were on average 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 …

Alliance and Leicester at the moment have one thing going for them, interest rates on currant accounts. Usually, this is something banks like to avoid as from there point of view, there usually isn’t enough money in the account to bother paying interest on.
Then Alliance and Leicester come up with …

Online banking has never been easier since the invention of the internet. Balance inquiries, money transfers and bill payments are the only features of the Bancnet Online system. With over 30 member banks, I have access to all my financial information with just a click of the mouse. Banking …

This is the name of Metrobank’s online banking services. I did not like their style because compared to other online banking services other banks are offering, this one has lots of old-fashion methods.
First, it will take you 7 days before you your log ins are activated. It …

The Hong Kong and Shanghai Banking Corporation or HSBC is one of the world’s largest banks. With its headquarters in London it has branches throughout the world and is often cited as the second or third largest bank in the world.
HSBC International is the bank’s offshore operations centred on …

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 …

I’m not into going bash this company or anything. I could if I wanted to but that isn’t going to happen. I will say that there were huge things that should have been worked on. And there are things that should have been changed. I don’t think that it …

This was the first credit card I ever got. I was an employee at the Bon Ton, I had just turned eighteen, and I wanted to build my credit. I had always been told that the best way to build your credit is to just get a store credit …

Recently, I had the chance to try out the services offered by Lifelock. You know this company. This is the business owned by the man who gives out his social security number on television and on the website. It seems crazy, and it makes you wonder if …

BBT bank in Mineral Virginia is my secondary bank. I do not have a primary account there but I do use it to cash small checks and I have another small account there also. They are always polite and friendly there and I like going there because it is …

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 …

Of the three online bank accounts that I have, Alert Pay is the one that stands out for me the most.
I prefer to use Alert Pay as opposed to the other two online banking institutions simply because of the fact that it is fast becoming the universal online banking …

My dealings with Great Lakes Mortgage Funding have been nothing but horrible. When our offer got accepted our agent referred us to a certain guy there that he knew. After jumping thru a million hoops, he approved us (we were already approved by another company anyways), but …

Any large company typically has issues with maintaining a decent level of customer service, but you don’t expect problems from their local branches. However, you will definitely understand the meaning of completely unacceptable poor service if you do any business with Citifinancial in Seneca, SC. Although corporate …

Technical Analysis for Dummies is the best reference material I have found on the investment topic. It goes through the basics and explains an otherwise confusing, overwhelming subject in layman’s terms. With the great information provided you could really go from a newbie trader to professional, if you apply …

State Bank of Indore has now collaborated with State Bank of India (SBI). And this is an official site for State Bank Of Indore. As now, SBI and SBindore are treated as one, so this site to got exactly similar looks than that of onlinesbi.com. It facilitates exactly …

I have been doing business with TD Banknorth in South Portland (near Maine mall branch) ME for the past few years and I give their service a rating of nine out of ten. Staff is very good and friendly. I am always greeted as I enter the bank and …

28 years ago my husband and I attended a marriage preparation course. We were recommended to apply for a credit card in the wife’s name so that she would create a credit rating in the event that something should happen to the husband. We already had a …

For almost 14 years now, there is no other place that I order our check books other than through Artistic Checks. The first time I ordered was through a flyer that came in one of the mailers. After checking with the BBB (Better Business Bureau), I ordered my very …

Capital One secured master card is a credit card I heard about from a friend who had positive things to say about the credit card. When it comes to credit cards, I have only those which will serve me in the long run as well as those I can …

Bank Mandiri is one of the largest bank in Indonesia. I think before there were few banks which were merged together to become one bank. And now it’s called Bank Mandiri.
Althougt it is one of the largest bank in Indonesia, they don’t really have special service that the other …

Considering the constant increase in college tuitions, I know it is going to cost me a fortune to send my daughter to college in 15 years. So, if there is a program to help me pay some of those costs, I’m all for it.
Upromise is one of those programs. …

I am giving my trust to this company having known them to be one of the most stable banking institutions in the country. In fact, I opened two types of accounts with them; time deposit account and and ordinary savings (ATM) account.
The …

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 …