Are your online finance secure?

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How secure are your online finances? Find out your credit score for further information on online fraud and spotting potential personal security issues. Are your online finances secure? When it comes to handling our day to day finances, we have never had it so good. At the click of a button we can move money [...]

How to Mix Money with Your Significant Other

More couples divorce over money arguments than any other type of arguments, according to a recent study by the School of Family Studies and Human Services. Whether you are married or not, finances can be a contentious part of any relationship. And the high number of couples forgoing marriage or living together before getting married [...]

Six top tips for improving your money management

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We are still in difficult financial times, with credit not always readily available, debts continuing to mount up, and pay rises and pensions on our minds every single day. It is no wonder that many Brits are finding it difficult to manage their money and take good care of their daily finances. So how can [...]

Global personal finance help

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One of the hardest tasks in keeping to a budget is the daily purchases which need to be recorded, either you have to allocate time to updating your expenses on a daily basis or you have to save the receipts and update on a weekly basis. It is a lot easier to have access to [...]

Can Money make you happy?

Money is a tool which can be used to purchase items which might give you a sense of happiness for a period of time

For many years people have been debating whether or not money can buy you happiness and there are many people in both corners. A lengthy thread on Quora has revealed that many people strongly believe that money does indeed buy you happiness. There are some people that acknowledge that money is a tool to buy [...]

Last Minute Holiday Tips

Choose your holiday destination based on where you want to save money

Now that the summer break period is close a lot of people are looking for holiday destinations which will not break the bank it is important to search the internet for information before randomly choosing your destination. The article on AOL Money is informative with a variety of destinations based on various factors, definitely a [...]

Tips to negotiating rental prices

Tips for negotiating rental prices

One of the biggest problems when looking for a new place to rent is affordability, especially with everyone trying to make money every way they can so that they can boost their household income. While it is the acceptable norm to just accept that the price you see is the price you have to pay [...]

Tips on awkward money moments

Having the polite answer in a difficult situation gives you confidence and control

Everyone has had experience where their financial situation makes them feel uneasy or embarrassed, yet not everyone knows how to handle these moments correctly. Naturally the first thing you do when your credit card is declined or your rich friend wants to get together at an expensive place is panic which makes you stumble for [...]

Bank Charges make Balancing Difficult

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Before the advances of technology and the implementation of debit cards and debit orders families would write out checks for their accounts and have cash on hand for purchases, at the end of each month dad would sit down with a pencil and calculator and balance the check book. These days with varying bank charges [...]

Help with getting out of the trap of payday loans

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Almost every one you in contact with is having financial difficulties, and a lot of people have resorted to taking out pay day loans to make ends meet. The purpose of the pay day loan is to give you that little extra until your pay check arrives, but it is all too easy to fall [...]