Finance Reviews
E-Gold
It is no mystery and becoming more popular on a daily basis that people want the opportunity to earn money on the internet. Whether it’s places like here, that give you the option of writing reviews for cash, or programs that give you money and points for paid to …
Xoom Money Transfer
When my sister from the states sends me money, the old practice was, she will send it bank to bank then Western Union evolved and then currently we have switched to Xoom. This has been the best money transfer for me so far. With all the competition going on …
Republic Bank and Trust
This year my husband went through completetax.com to file his taxes online and get a refund of his federal taxes that he paid. It asked him if he wanted to get a refund anticipation loan and he decided to. We knew when he applied it would cost $110.00 for …
CITIZENS BANK
My daughter decided to open a checking account with Citizens bank. They let her open it with out a parents signature which I thought was weird. I mean isn’t the parent obligated for a child under age? That should have been my first clue. My daughter would go to …
Banco De Oro and Equitable bank
I’ve had the worst banking service with Banco de Oro and Equitable bank here in Dagupan Pangasinan area. Their merging really makes them a lovely pair. With the service they have i think its just too ambitious. If Banco de Oro say …
BPI Family Bank Remittance System
Before writing this review, I had to do a little research to see if any other BPI client is complaining about BPI Family Bank’s remittance system nowadays. It turns out that I am not a solitary case, as I found blog entries of other people (some dating a year …
Western Union Money Transfer
Western Union is the most trusted company by Filipinos in Vancouver, British Columbia when it comes to sending money to the Philippines. It is not that it is cheap. There are far cheaper rates out there, but because it is more convenient, my compatriots just would not …
Ist Union National Bank
Ist Union National Bank is now part of Wachovia but my experience with this financial institution was when they had their headquarters in North Carolina and they were simmly known as Ist Union National Bank.
I opened up my account with them while I was working with Sprint PCS. The …
Icici platinum card
A very healthy warning to all those who are using the Icici Credit cards, Please check you account statements very carefully and see for any unnecessary charges.
I have been using this Icici platinum card for few years now and initially I was very careless with these statements and …
Capital One
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, …
Free Credit Report online
If you watch TV, or use the internet, you have more than likely seen ads to get your free credit report. I was very skeptical at first about getting any kind of credit report online. But once I did some research and found that it was totally safe, I …
Moneybookers
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 …
The Cash Store in Surrey, Canada
I paid The Cash Store a visit last August, on recommendation of Mogo Money. The long and the short of it was I was trying to make a payday loan to make rent because I wasn’t going to get paid until after the end of the month. …
The Eon Cyber Account of the UnionBank of the Philippines
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 …
Washington Mutual Bank: Checking Account
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 …
Citibank Premiere Miles Visa Credit Card
During the time when I was already regularized from work and my salary range was eligible for a credit card, I got a call from someone who works in Citibank and they informed me that I was had a credit card coming but they wanted to know which …
Standard Chartered Credit Card
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 …
Teachers Federal Credit Union Telephone Support
The Teachers Federal credit Union is a bank which I joined years ago because it was located right directly on my college campus and this gave me access to my account at any time which was a great thing and I found it very helpful to me since I …
Ace Check Cashing Houston Texas
This is a check cashing company that has very good service. They charge a small fee to cash your checks. You can also get debit cards here just $9.99. You can use wherever a Master card is accepted. You can load your cards online, or in any Ace check …
CyberTrader by Charles Schwab
CyberTrader, a Charles Schwab Company, is a direct access trading system that caters towards the active day trader. Before I opened an account with CyberTrader, I was accustomed to manually typing in my order, clicking the submitt button, and then waiting several minutes just to get confirmation that …
Mogo Money Payday Loans in Surrey, Canada
You might be wondering, what is Mogo Money? I asked myself the same question about two years ago, when I was new in the city of Surrey, and the bus I was riding just passed by their office.
At that time, I had no idea what this company was …
Egold.com
Egold is yet another payment processor. It is unique in its own way & has got better security check than many of its counterpart. Every time we login, they send us a confirmation code in our email so that in case our email account so that nobody is …
BPI Credit Card:Special Installment Plan
I have my BPI Credit Card approved through our company’s tie up with the card brand. I never thought i will get approved with the card, but luckily i was approved. Thsi is my only credit card and have maintained it since i got approved 2 years ago. I …
Nat West Tewkesbury
My wife’s bank is Nat West and we have a branch of that by where we live in Tewkesbury. The branch is on the high street and does have a couple of shirt term parking spots outside it.
The branch itself is quite a small one with only four …
Brockton Capital Solutions
Brockton Capital Solutions Blows. I don’t have the best credit in the world so I have to take what I can get. I searched many hours for a loan company that would help me. I was contacted by Nathan Spring with Brockton with a sweet deal. …
Banco de Oro Credit Card
I got my credit card by accident. I’ve been trying to apply for one a few months ago, but with no steady income from a job, I was considered a bad customer for the banks. Luckily, Banco de Oro sent me a gold card. Until now, I don’t know …
RCBC my wallet card
RCBC my wallet card is a debit card account of Rizal Commercial Banking Corporation-Philippines. The first time I heard this automated teller machine card from my male board mate, I got interested because I don’t have to carry cash anymore for bill payments and reloading my cellular phones.
What I …
HSBC Internet Banking
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 …
Fidelity mySmart Cash Account
Fidelity Brokerage is offering an interest-bearing checking account, called the mySmart Cash. I decided to try it out when I found that they do not charge any fess for ATMS and do not charge a fee for international transactions.
Because they don’t have any actual banking centers (though some places …
Unionbank of the Philippines Marikina Branch
Unionbank of the Philippines was not my first choice for my banking needs. Recently however, when I started becoming active in my freelance writing over the internet, I became aware of the woeful lack of financial support in the Philippines for the internet’s growing market. Although the credit cards …
Western Union Money Transfer
Western Union Money Transfer is the most well-known money courier service in the entire world. It is interesting that this company started as a telegraph provider but then it evolved to being the world’s leading money transfer provider from just providing early means of communication.
When you want to transact …
Walmart Money Card
I purchased the Walmart money card for $3.00 on March 6 2009 because the store was having a special (it used to be $9.00). While in the store I put 60.00 on the card so my total was $63.00. I was excited because I could go home and purchase …
HSBC International Bank
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 …
Pay Day Advance Financial Services
If you a person who works for a living and lives pay check to pay check or you have come into hard times in your life then you can relate to how it feels to have no resources available for an emergency. Well, this is the situation that one …
Unionbank of the Philippines Hotline
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 …
Miller and Miller Law Firm
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 …
UCI mortgage Spain
Our Spanish mortgage is with a firm called UCI who are part of the Santander group. The mortgage was arranged for us a few years ago by a firm called Green Independent.
My opinion of UCI isn’t that great because there communication skills are very poor, and the language …
PayPal
I get paid by PayPal and make all of my online purchases with it. PayPal has become an internet currency and sites without it do suffer (I don’t have a credit card so PayPal is a godsend). If you aren’t an eBay seller or online merchant, a Personal account is …
Paypal Expanded Use Service via HSBC Online Banking
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, …
Wired Plastic prepaid debit card
I used to have a wired plastic prepaid debit card, out of necessity. I did not have a checking or savings account in 2006, and I found this easy to get and expensive little debit card. I got the card for free. I paid ten dollars to activate the card, …
Bank of the Philippine Islands
Bank of the Philippine Islands (BPI) is one of the Philippines’ oldest banks. I remember going to this bank as a kid with my mother. I liked banks even then because of the air-conditioning. Whenever I role-play, I have always wanted to play the bank teller.
When I started earning …
Nationwide fixed rate
When I first bought my house down in Tewkesbury I had my mortgage with the Nationwide Building Society. Getting the mortgage from them was pretty straight forward and after filling in the usual application forms and giving the different forms of identification it was pretty much plain sailing.
I …
Investopedia Stock Simulator
If you are looking for a good fantasy stock market game, I can think of few better than Investopedia’s Stock Simulator. It is a pretty simple simulator that allows you to actually feel like you are playing a part of the stock market. It is a good …
Mint.com Financial Organization service
I only signed on to this web service some four weeks ago and have have been impressed by how well they keep tract of my finances and keep me informed without being a pain. I did my homework before joining Mint.com because you have to entrust them with your …
Vanquis Credit Card
I have had my Vanquis Credit Card for nearly 2 years and I am glad that I have it. It may not be the most ideal Credit Card, but it serves a couple of purposes for me.
A few years ago I totally messed up with my Credit Rating. I …
Capital One Secured Master Card
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 …
Alertpay Online Banking Merchant
This is one of those online banking merchants that I see as some serious competition for the likes of Paypal and the only difference I see between Alertpay and the competition is that Alertpay is a follower and is on the trail of the pioneer.
However, the mere fact that …
Taxslayer
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 …
Loan Star Credit Union in Dallas
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 …
Paypal
Paypal is a handy service you can use to send and recieve money online, and it can be accessed through most countries in the world.
Working as a freelance writer, my Paypal account is useful to me because I also have a debit card to withdraw my salary from the …
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