For many many years, doing your taxes has been such a tedious and time-consuming effort. I remember staying up late and watching my parents do their taxes with their accountant and it was pretty intimidating. It almost made me not want to work ever because of what I would …

I found myself needing a prepaid credit card to make some purchases and a friend suggested I tried Opus Prepaid Mastercard’s available at Cash Money. I have had prepaid visa cards purchased at department stores and found them flimsy, and cheaply made. With the Opus Prepaid Mastercard, I got …

I am always looking for a product that will live up to its claims to firm my skin. I am thin, but I have some jiggle and I’d like to get rid of it. And it’s not getting any better as I age that’s for sure. …

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 …

I find PayPal online banking very convenient, safe and easy to use in doing all my online transaction especially in getting my online earnings and payout. The good thing about PayPal is that it is free to join and get an account. Plus the fact that it …

A few years ago I was interested in getting involved in not only finance but the stock market. I didn’t want to get involved in this are without having some type of expertise. I refuse to loose all of my money to silliness and ignorance. So I looked online …

PNB Global Remit used to be in the flourishing Central City Mall, probably the most stylish mall in the suburbs, although not as big as the famed Metrotown mall in Burnaby. But I think because of the high price of space rental, this dollar remittance branch has decided …

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 …

Paypal is a great innovation for internet users in my opinion. It provides a very important service for everyone who does business on the internet. The most attractive thing about paypal is, its availability for nearly everyone in the world unlike other payment processor types.
I heard that paypal was …

Well, most of us have heard about Western Union Money Transfer rather fastest (so called) money transfer service. According to them, you can transfer money either by going to one of their agent locations OR simply by calling them on phone OR you can send money online.
I decided to …

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 …

Thanks to my dad getting drafted, our family has been able to take advantage of the fantastic service offered by USAA Federal Savings bank for years. When I got my first checking account, I opened one at the local branch of a big chain bank, the second time …

I opened an account with Trade Freedom Canada primarily because I wasn’t all that happy using the investment account that was offered by my bank. Unfortunately Trade Freedom turned out to be even worse.
One of the reasons I switched was that I wanted an online broker that offered better …

Since then, I’m always concerned when it comes to remittance that my parents usually send me every month for my studies and it’s kinda annoying most of the time since I have to wait one to two days for the remittance to arrive in my bank account. There are …

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. …

Some days I hate this bank and some days I love this bank, and then there are so days when I just can’t figure out how I really feel about them. When people ask me if I think they should bank with them, I realy have to lay out …

This is actually one of the best banks I have had the honor to deal with. When I began college, I decided that I wanted to get a credit card in case I had an emergency and needed to pay for something right away and I either didn’t have …

As I said before in a previous review, I find foreign exchange centers to be better media of changing foreign currency rather than changing money at the bank. It is quicker as they do not have to wait for the day’s current exchange rates to be published and there …

I started out with this bank when I turned eighteen and could finally have a bank account under just my name. At first, I absolutely loved it. The people who worked at the branch that I always went to were really nice when I was setting up my account. …

For as long as I can remember I’ve had a savings account with Bank of America. When I was 18, I opened a checking account and have used both since.
When I looked over the options, I saw that one type of checking account offered interest. It’s true there …

Last week I set out to open a new bank account and decided to try the National Bank of Canada. This turned out to be a mistake, opening the account turned into quite an ordeal.
After filling out the online application they called me to schedule an appointment to come …

Almost everyone knows of PayPal from using eBay but I still run into a few people who are skeptical about using it. I’ve been using PayPal for the past few years and I have never had a problem with them. I even use a debit card they …

When typhoon Ondoy totally destroyed my city, my family was forced to temporarily evacuate our home. The typhoon brought more rains than Katrina and thus, most of the establishments in the area were also destroyed and needed extensive renovation. One of those affected was my bank of choice, Unionbank. …

I have been with Missouri Southern Bank for the past six years. Before finding and sticking with this bank I had tried several others throughout the years. I was not nessecarily unhappy with the other banks, I just never felt comfortable or at home like I did the first …

This foreign exchange center is one of my favorite places to change money. As we are living in Gaborone, it is quite normal that we have to use the local currency to pay for our daily needs. Besides, this is not a dollarized economy and in fact, …

Whenever I pass the Main Mall where the FNBB is located (one of the several they have), there were always long lines especially during payday which is about the 25th of each month. I thought it was just particular to that period but each time I pass the …

I became a customer of this bank 2 years ago to have an account available in Chicago Area.
I should have closed my account on the event of the first omen they offered me. They sent me an offer to use my debit card 7 times during June and …

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. …

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 …

My husband has a checking account at this Bank and I am also authorized to withdraw funds from it. First of all, opening an account at this Bank is a long and tedious process with countless papers you have to produce in order to open one. Even adding me …

As a part of my first checking account sign up process, I was offered membership to Wells Fargo’s rewards program. I said, “okay,” thinking it would be amazing to get rewards just for using my debit card. I was wrong.
Membership in Wells Fargo’s rewards program costs around $25 per …

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 …

Income assistance or welfare for short, was my next stop after my request for unemployment benefits was denied by the government. This ordeal began on July 21, 2009.
This only proves how the Canadian government is brimming with bureaucracy, lots of paperwork with no substance. The Canadian government is …

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 …

BPI Express Online is the online banking feature of Bank of the Philippine Islands. In most cases, all of the banks now in almost all countries have resorted to this feature given that internet is a useful tool for almost everything. As to difference in terms of features, I …

I recently applied for and received Chase’s Amazon.com rewards card. When I called to activate, I was kind of surprised to get an actual person on the other end of the line (I was used to Wells Fargo, which is completely automated). Points to Chase on having a human. …

If you are looking for a credit card and have less than perfect credit, I suggest you apply for a First Premier Bank credit card! This bank specializes in helping people re-establish their credit.
You can apply online and receive an answer immediately if you are approved. Once …

In an effort to improve my short credit history, I began digging around for a second credit card a few months ago. My first choice was a gas card through Shell, so that my family members could use it, pay me, and I could get the benefit. I was …

For my first bank account, I had a friend-of-a-friend who worked at Wells Fargo, the only national bank in the area, who also needed to meet a sales goal. After school that day, I went to sign up for my first official step into adulthood: a checking account.
Wells Fargo …

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, …

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 …

Back in January of this year we had a kitchen fire at out house. I contact the insurance company and they came out the next day to assess the damages. A week later we received the documentation on what they were paying for, with the checks for …

Living in Malaysia, I realized that there are many restrictions imposed on us. This is especially true when it involves the matters of online shopping, verifying Paypal account and etc. I’m a shopaholic, I admit that truthfully. I’ve heard of Paypal before. It is the main channel for payment …

Last year I wanted to try something different when it came to doing my taxes. I was looking at how long it actually took for me to get my taxes done by some one else as well how much money they were taking out of my return. I didn’t …

As a store manager for a tax preparation franchise, I have quite a bit of experience with income tax preparation software, both for professional and personal use. If you cannot or will not pay preparation fees, and I like you, I sometimes make a referral. By clicking through …

Finding the right bank can be difficult. Not all banks are the same and each bank offers something a little different from their competitors. Finding the right bank for you is important because you’re choosing an institution that you’ll have to trust with your finances and the wrong one …

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 have been with Wells Fargo Bank for long time - even before it was Wells Fargo Bank, and was First Interstate Bank. As far as banks go, I would rate it about average, with all the other banks. I understand Wells Fargo is a very respectable …

My family and I have been banking with Wells Fargo bank for I don’t know how many years. My parents have been with them for over ten years and I opened my first checking account with them. My younger brother even opened an account with them. Now that I’m …

I do a lot of internet banking, which means that with all the transfers, most of my transactions deal with checking accounts. I currently hold an Electric Orange account with ING Direct. An Electric Orange account is a checking account with interest. There’s no minimum to earn the interest …