Finance and Credit Professional

When is the last time you thought you should be making more interest on your money that you have in the bank?I dont know about myself, in fact I dont even think about it for the simple fact that I dont need too. Now,I used to worry about little things like that, but back then, [...]

Mortgage advice, loans, pensions, tax, investments and savings. All a relative minefield for todays average person looking to secure the future for themselves and their offspring. But this is clearly no new predicament.Honey, Im pregnant - again - for the eigth time! Not the sort of welcome home many men wish to hear these days [...]

In the aftermath of the disastrous run on the Northern Rock Bank during September 2007, the Bank of England began to realize the enormity of the calamity which had unfolded.Instead of pumping money into the banking sector in order to avert the impending liquidity crisis, the Governor of the Bank of England signalled to the [...]

Many Britons are putting themselves under unnecessary financial pressure, new research indicates.In a study conducted by the Motley Fool, the typical consumer is reported to have about two or three credit cards, with a fifth of these borrowers carrying over 1,137 pounds in debt each month. The findings also revealed that some Britons are leaving [...]

Ancient Greece provides evidence of banking with Greek temples and some private and civic entities, conducting financial transactions such as loans, deposits and currency exchange. Credit also existed whereby a moneylender in one Greek port would write a credit note for the client who could "cash" the note in another place. There are [...]