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Managing milyones remotely

Posted in March 27th, 2007
by ka edong in e-banking

I’ll be out of the country for a couple of weeks. I wonder how I’ll do with managing my finances remotely ….
I issued some post-dated cheques that will mature while I’m away. I have some bills to pay while I’m away. I need to make some payments to some people while I’m away. I’ll have [...]

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A step towards financial freedom: Get out of the credit card trap

Posted in March 23rd, 2007
by noelle in Credit Cards, Stats and Facts

It is not uncommon for Filipinos to hold multiple credit cards to charge their purchases with since credit card companies have made it easy to get one.  Oftentimes, they would even send you pre-approved cards that you can use right away.  How many of us go to midnight sales and charge away on stuff that [...]

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Post-dated check management through BDO

Posted in March 23rd, 2007
by ka edong in Bank Services

I saw a brochure at BDO about managing post-dated cheques (PDCs).
The BDO service allows clients to entrust post-dated checks to BDO. Then BDO will automatically “deposit” the cheque in the client’s BDO account upon maturity of the check.
Thought this would be useful to avoid having to go to the bank each time a post-dated check [...]

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Online Finance resources for Pinoys

Posted in March 23rd, 2007
by ka edong in Links

Here’s a list of online resources that discuss Finance for Pinoys.
Not included: commercial service websites (online remittance services, e-banking websites, etc.)
Do you have links you want added here? Post a comment …
Websites

Pinoy Money Central http://www.pinoymoneycentral.com/
Colayco Foundation http://www.colaycofoundation.com/
Money Sense http://www.moneysense.com.ph/
Economic Resource Center for Overseas Filipinos (ERCOF)

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OFW-Connect Info Hub
OFW Journalism Consortium

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Calling the Philippines through your PC

Posted in March 21st, 2007
by noelle in VOIP

One of the first things we tried to find out when we moved to Singapore was a cheap, and convenient way to call home.  For our first few weeks here, we relied on our cellphone’s international roaming when exchanging updates with our families back in the Philippines and as expected our cellphone bill shot through [...]

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