Dealing With Financial Anxiety
If thinking about your bank balance leaves you feeling stressed or keeps you up at night, then it's important to realise two things: that you're not alone, and that there are strategies you can put in place to ease the worries. For these tips, we're focussing on the...
What to Do If You Have Buyer’s Remorse
We've all been there: the pair of shoes that you thought you could squeeze into or the new phone contract that sounded like such a good deal when they explained it in the shop. Once you get home and have some time to dwell on your new purchase, it might not seem so...
Fancy a Freebie? Here Are the Rules on What Happens If a Shop Makes a Mistake
While retailers do what they can to squeeze extra pennies from consumer pockets, they don't always pull it off. The people who work there are only human after all, and that means mistakes can be made. Whether it's a wrongly labelled garment coming in at a cheaper...
Your Guide to Holidaying After Brexit
It won't come as news to you that Britain will soon have left the European Union – but what you might not realise is the impact that this could have on any European holidays that you have planned. Since negotiations are still ongoing, it's impossible to say exactly...
Four Places to Get Free Financial Advice
We often make the point that, although financial blogs like this one can give you some very helpful information, they shouldn’t be used in situations where you need expert financial advice. It’s important that financial advice comes from somebody who is able to assess...
Strong Customer Authentication Delayed
As of September 14th, new rules will come into effect meaning that payments made online will require additional authentication from the customer. Winning no prizes for creative titles, this is called Strong Customer Authentication (SCA), and it has been on the cards...
Cash in the Trash: How to Earn Money by Recycling
It's so easy to recycle these days - there are no good excuses for throwing your rubbish in the wrong bin now that local councils make the process so easy. But while we caught the recycling bug quite a few years ago, it's only recently that we've discovered that there...
Free and legal alternatives for your favourite subscription service
When you’re looking for ways to trim your budget, every penny counts and although the subscription fees for your favourite media services may seem like small monthly costs, they can quickly add up over the course of the year. But if you cut Netflix & Spotify from...
Uk Facebook Users Can Now Report Scam Ads
At the start of the year, financial guru Martin Lewis made a lot of noise about dangerous financial scams appearing on Facebook, after he became aware of fake adverts using his name and image to try and lend credibility to their cons. Although he started his campaign...
Is It a Good Idea to Get Your Cash Before Payday?
One of the latest hot financial trends is for employers to offer their workers the option of getting paid early. The concept is pretty straightforward: on any given day, you have the ability to withdraw a certain percentage of the amount you've already earned that...