Challenger bank Revolut is to let customers create disposable virtual cards to make purchases online, in a bid to stamp out fraud.
From today, customers of the digital bank will be able to use their Revolut app to generate card details that are then destroyed after being used for a...
Your nest egg is made up of two component parts: the contributions you diligently make to your retirement accounts throughout your career, and the investment returns that those contributions earn for you.
Not surprisingly, your contributions — and those of your employer, if you receive matching funds in your 401(k)...
Saving money is one of the most important aspects of building wealth and having a secure financial foundation. Yet many of us have learned the importance of saving money through trial and error, and more importantly, experience.
In school, we aren’t really taught about the importance of saving and many...
Americans have a hard time putting money away: 44 percent of Americans said they could not come up with $400 to cover an emergency expense in 2016. According to a brief from the Aspen Institute, a policy nonprofit, “one-third of Americans struggle with income volatility,” and 60 percent of...
It's no secret that Americans on a whole are facing a retirement crisis. It's estimated that nearly half of all households have no money set aside for the future, and while younger workers have a decent opportunity to catch up, older workers have fewer options.
Unfortunately, most Baby Boomers nearing...
It’s tax season, everyone’s favorite time of year that also causes existential evaluation of every financial choice you’ve ever made. Whether you’re feeling a monetary sting or feeling flush, every actor could stand a few money-saving tricks; allow our Backstage Experts to provide.
Nothing beats budgeting.
“It’s a brutal lesson I...
Summer is on the way and you’re tired of always sending the kids to Grandma’s to use her swimming pool. It’s about time you have a pool of your own. The only problem is there’s no money tree growing next to the site of your new pool. You need...
Once you reach the big 5-0, blowing out birthday candles can feel less like a celebration and more like fanning the flames on a pyre of financial obligations. This is the decade when the costs of kids, aging parents, cars and homes converge, and questions about retirement begin looming...
When you have a growing family to feed, the task of the weekly supermarket shop can be challenging when you're trying to stick to a budget.
And shopping for grocery food can hurt your hip pocket and take up a big portion of your day.
Here, editor of Money Magazine Effie...
One-third of people are still paying for financial mistakes made in the past, with almost the same number saying they find the topic of financial management confusing.
Research from Aviva Life Insurance also found that more than half of Irish people (54pc) have had no financial management education.
The research sought...
