Is Credit Card Debt Eating You Alive? Here’s What You Should Know About Debt Consolidation
Being smart about your personal finances isn’t just about being cheap. Unless it’s for health purposes ...
5 September 2016
What Does Singapore Need to Do to be Fully Cashless?
Everybody has that one friend who always uses the excuse that he has “no cash” when the bill arrives, and ...
24 August 2016
Want to Maximise Your Cash Rebates While Dining? Use These Credit Cards
Maybe I’m too innocent or naïve, but I don’t know how people who cheat on their significant others do it. ...
20 July 2016
Here’s How a Good Dining Credit Card and a Dining Discount App Can Save You More Money in Singapore
I love my girlfriend, and one of the many reasons I do is because we complement each other on dinner dates. ...
16 June 2016
3 Tricks Singaporeans Should Know To Save Money When Buying Groceries
There’s a classic joke that goes, “Why are Singaporean noses so large?” and the almost embarrassing answer ...
26 May 2016
Is the New American Express Singapore Airlines KrisFlyer Card the Best Air Miles Credit Card? Or the Worst?
In my teens, I made some questionable life choices – I dabbled in Tarot, I read Ayn Rand, I enjoyed listening ...
24 May 2016
Here’s How You Can Maximise Your Credit Card Usage with MoneySmart’s New App
They say there are four important steps to the perfect relationship. It is important to find someone who ...
28 April 2016
3 Security Aspects About Your Credit Card’s Design You Should Consider
Credit cards and comic books have a couple of things in common when it comes to my finances. They both ...
21 April 2016
Young Singaporeans Who are Thinking of Signing Up For UOB’s New YOLO Credit Card Need to Read This First
We here at MoneySmart aren’t the sort to be swayed by marketing. That’s why we’re saying that in spite ...
4 April 2016
10 Rewards You Never Knew You Could Earn With a Credit Card
I am a firm believer of retail therapy. Although I can’t really explain it, I believe there is definitely ...
21 March 2016
How Much is Your Overseas Shopping Spree Really Costing You?
Singaporeans love to shop, and with our world becoming more and more connected, a lot of that shopping ...
5 February 2016
Here’s Why Escaping the Country During Chinese New Year 2016 Might Not Be As Expensive As You Think
There are two main reasons why you’ll want to get out of Singapore during Chinese New Year – either you ...
4 February 2016
5 Common Money Mistakes That Are Quick and Easy to Correct
So you’ve made a New Year’s Resolution to save more money this year, but we’re just a week into 2016 and ...
7 January 2016
4 Money Myths Singaporeans Should Be Getting Rid of in 2016
How did everyone’s New Year begin? Mine began with bumming around at home with my girlfriend. It was the ...
6 January 2016
4 Tips for Actually Benefitting From Your Credit Cards
If you take personal finance advice from women’s magazines or Men’s Health, you could be forgiven for thinking ...
30 December 2015
DBS vs UOB vs OCBC: Who Has The Best Lifestyle Mobile App in Singapore?
There’s an app for everything these days. Dating apps, taxi booking apps, and a dozen and one ways to add ...
14 December 2015
5 Things to Do This Year End That Will Help Get Your Finances in Order for 2016
Wake me up, when Septemb…. OH COME ON, it’s almost 2016 already?! Well, if you haven’t got around to having ...
3 December 2015
3 Reasons Why Taking a Cash Advance on Your Credit Card is Financial Suicide
When you’re in desperate need of money that you don’t have, one option is to withdraw money using your ...
21 October 2015
3 Additional Costs of Shopping Online Which Many Singaporeans Forget About
I love how colourful Hokkien slang can be, especially in Singapore. And I’m not referring to the many swear ...
16 October 2015
The 5 Best Items to Buy With 0% Interest Instalment Payment Plans
When I was a kid, I would sometimes go without lunch for days. No, it’s not because my parents were poor ...
5 October 2015
6 Smart Ways to Use Your Credit Cards to Get Travel Perks
If you’re like most people in Singapore, each time a long weekend rolls around you frantically search for ...
19 August 2015
How Do You Determine What the “Best” Credit Card Is?
Think back to your first credit card and how you chose it. Did you pick it because you liked the colour, ...
30 July 2015
5 Sneaky Sales Tactics Retail Shops in Singapore Use to Get You to Spend Money
It’s July again and that means it’s time for the Great Singapore Sale. You know, that annual tradition ...
8 July 2015
If You Have Been Making Your Travel Bookings Online Without This Card, You Are Losing Out
Air miles can be a frequent traveller’s best friend, but can also be a tricky thing to handle. On one hand, ...
8 July 2015
How to Buy a Kindle Paperwhite For the Lowest Price in Singapore
On my daily commute, most people I see glued to their smartphones or tablets are usually watching Running ...
18 June 2015