Bank Accounts

Monese Review: The Best Challenger Bank? (UK)

March 1, 2021
In today’s fast-paced economy, people are always looking for efficient ways to store and save money. While our parents’ generation might have found comfort in traditional brick and mortar stores, millennials like to take full advantage of the internet. Given that today’s workforce has to be incredibly mobile, it’s no surprise that they prefer online banks to older, physical…
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Reviews

Transferwise (Wise) vs Xoom (Comparison & Shootout)

February 4, 2021
Thanks to the internet, international money transfers are now easier than ever. Transferwise (now known simply as “Wise”) and Xoom are two very popular companies that handle money transfer services to different countries. The two companies both have a similar…
Savings&Banking

Xoom Review 2021 (Is It Worth It?)

February 4, 2021
As the economy becomes more globalized, people need a better way to send money internationally. In the past, because international money transfer was solely handled by large banks, people would often have to pay exorbitant exchange rate fees and extra fees, just to send…
Reviews

Transferwise Review 2021 (Best Int'l Money Transfer Service?)

February 4, 2021
In a globalized economy, people need ways to transfer money overseas quickly and efficiently. In the past, you would usually have to go to a big banking branch to do an international money transfer. This would mean you’d have to pay some pretty exorbitant fees, on the order of 3%-5% of the amount you want to transfer. In recent years though, the internet has been doing its thing and…
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Personal Finance

Is a Degree In Finance Worth It? (UK)

February 4, 2021
It used to be the norm that you could go to college, get a degree in virtually anything, and be able to find good job prospects after you’d graduated. However, with more people pursuing higher education, it is now more competitive for those jobs that used to require…
InvestingProperty

Average Rental Yields (UK, Broken Down by Area)

January 3, 2021
If you are considering buying property to rent, you probably have a lot of questions swimming around your head. The most important and immediately relevant one is probably: is buying to let a good return on my investment? Historically, property has been one of the best…
CrowdfundingInvestingInvestment PlatformsReviews

Roundup: 6 Best UK Crowdfunding Platforms

December 19, 2020
In the past, investing was something of a rich man’s game. Unless you had a lot of startup capital and knew the right people, it was very hard to get in on the ground floor of early-stage businesses. That meant that only a relatively small group of investors and venture capitalists could take advantage of when a new company exploded in popularity as they had the capital and networking…
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CrowdfundingInvesting

How Does Crowdfunding Work? (Ultimate Guide)

December 19, 2020
If there is one word that has been on everyone’s mind lately, that word most definitely is “crowdfunding”. Crowdfunding has quickly become a very popular way for businesses to get funding and for people to fund their own individual projects and products. The great thing about crowdfunding is that it opens up monetary backing to the whims of the public. It also creates a decentralized…
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