banking and economics
financial concepts: yank speak to the queen’s english
So yesterday, when I pointed out the free download that was available of Suze Orman’s book Women and Money, I said that I’d explain how some of her ideas relate to British personal finance products
checking accounts = current accounts
You probably know that what are called checking accounts in the US, are called current accounts [...]
loan sharks are illegal - unsurprisingly
This morning, I was running late (for a time management course), so I took the bus in to work. Naturally, I wasn’t awake enough when I got on the bus to pay attention to much, but as I was getting off I noticed an advert from the council about loan sharks. The ad basically said [...]
American sub-prime crisis: should the rest of us care?
This article will be featured in Home Finance: All you need to know about home ownership at rocket finance on Friday.
It should be no news to anyone that there is currently a sub-prime mortgage crisis in the good old United States of America. It’s been on the news, and in the papers for months already.
But, [...]
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