Archive for the ‘Personal Finance’ Category
Thursday, June 12th, 2008
Finally, I managed to set up my internet banking with a foreign bank. It was a tedious affair and guess what? From the day I applied for it till the day I successfully managed to log into my bank account on the internet, it took me a total of three ...
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Wednesday, May 21st, 2008
When my cousin was planning to buy her home, she was advised against buying one with leasehold. She was told that she would be making a smarter investment choice if she purchases a home with a freehold title.
Fundamentally, this is true but then just now, I read that even ...
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Tuesday, May 6th, 2008
A couple of weeks ago, my friend was taken ill and had to be hospitalized. Well, it was "only" food poisoning but her vomiting was bad enough that her doctors decided to put her on drip and she was required to stay the night at the hospital for observation.
My friend ...
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Friday, April 25th, 2008
The other day, I mentioned that my friend wants to apply for a credit card and that he could do it with a Fixed Deposit as collateral. This is great news in the sense that we are not able to provide any credit history.
I found out that there are ...
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Thursday, April 24th, 2008
The other day, I was approached by a foreigner who wanted to sell me some foreign coins. Well, I was on alert mode not because of his skin color and the tarnished reputation of his countrymen BUT when it comes to trading commodities, even if they are only "coins", I ...
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Tuesday, April 22nd, 2008
If you were an account holder of Accent Banking, I am sure you would have received notices that all accounts have been closed since 1st April, 2008.
It's not even three weeks later that they now say that they have a new banking account service. If you do not know, Accent ...
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Friday, April 18th, 2008
Buying a home is a tremendously weighty responsibility. How many years do you think you will be committing yourself to once you purchase a home? I would say, for the majority of us, it would be at least thirty years, unless we have the wealth of Paris Hilton.
When my sister ...
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Thursday, April 17th, 2008
My friend told me that he is planning to apply for a credit card. He used to have them but then decided to cancel the cards; I think he could not handle the temptation of charging his cards so he switched to debit cards.
I told him that he should ask ...
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Wednesday, April 16th, 2008
I received an email from HSBC about switching to eStatements and that for every customer that does that, they will plant a tree in his or her name in conjunction with the Arbor Day Foundation.
From experience, I know that many people do not like to go paperless. I have already ...
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Thursday, April 10th, 2008
A reader asked me if he should open a MayBank or Public Bank savings account. I told him that basically, all savings accounts are the same. After all, their main purpose is for us to save money :D
To decide, I told him that he should open a savings account at ...
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