Are digital banks the new way to bank? Since the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) began issuing digital bank licences, digital banks have been popping up on our feeds and...

With the wait for a BTO flat seemingly ever increasing, many newlyweds or couples might look towards renting in the meantime. Sure, renting might be an expensive sinkhole where your money...

With concepts like FIRE (Financial Independence, Retire Early), and its offshoot concepts such as Lean FIRE, and Coast FIRE, it’s clear that people just want to be financially independent to...

Congratulations, you’re expecting! Or perhaps you’re a newly minted parent, a newlywed couple who is contemplating having a little one, or still in the midst of dating but having little...

You might remember the Singapore government handing out cost-of-living relief payments in Jun 2023. About 2.5 million Singaporeans received a one-time payment of up to $400 to help cushion inflationary...

As the sun starts clocking out for the day and the breeze picks up a little, it’s that time of the year again when things get a bit otherworldly—yep, you...

Let’s talk about the HSBC TravelOne card’s name—“Travel One”. It aims to be the 1 travel card you need. HSBC says so as well: “Unlock instant travel rewards and elevated...

Meet Jian Yang—the Barbie Guy. He owns over 12,000 Barbie dolls, which inhabit his 1,050 sq ft walkup terrace, 2 storage units, and 4 bedrooms of his parents’ home. He’s...

Post-COVID, the travel bug in all of us is back with a vengeance. As the travel tidal wave continues to surge, air miles cards have been the talk of the...

Here are the lucky winners of our 2023 Travel Extravaganza lucky draw: Prize Winners S$20,000 Cash Ee Chong Kuan Clement 100,000 KrisFlyer Miles (Equivalent to a pair of one-way Business...

You know what I miss? I miss the days when June and December meant an automatic, month-long break. School was out for 4 blissful weeks—no teachers, no homework, no nothing....

There’s a swanky new rewards programme in town—MoneySmart’s very own SmartRewards. In a nutshell, this programme lets you earn points when you use  MoneySmart to apply for  financial products. These...

Everyone’s been walking on a tightrope. Nobody is certain if we are truly in a recession yet even though we have been bracing for it. When you look at the...

When it comes to money, I embrace my inner savvy spender. I rarely check out my online shopping without using a voucher. I watch plane ticket prices like a hawk...

It’s a Barbie world. An era of pink domination. An uproar of Barbiecore. With the Barbie movie fresh out in cinemas, the world’s gone gaga over all things Barbie—everything from...

The third HDB Built-to-Order (BTO) flat launch of the year is almost upon us. If you didn’t like what you saw or didn’t get to book a flat during the...

Now, this was a marriage we didn’t see coming. On 12 July 2023, NTUC FairPrice and ComfortDelGro (CDG) signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) to collaborate on their respective rewards...

The Citi PremierMiles Card used to be in the spotlight for the longest time: It was considered one of the most popular Citibank credit cards, and once upon a time,...

Say goodbye to endless paperwork and long queues at bank branches—OCBC has become the first bank in Singapore to fully digitalise the account opening process for foreigners. That means foreigners...

Your home is probably the most expensive thing you own right now. (Not to be presumptuous, but I’m assuming you don’t have a $3 million supercar or yacht.) So it...

2023 is going to be a very sad year for the uncles who faithfully buy Punters’ Way at 7-11. That’s because the government has announced that the Turf Club in...

Thank you for participating in our travel insurance campaigns. Here are the list of winners: February 2023 – MoneySmart Travel Insurance $888 Lucky Draw Prize – $888each Shi Wei Tan...

In an ideal trip overseas, no flights are delayed, no luggage is lost, and no one falls sick. For the most part, the majority of our holidays do play out...

Have you ever heard travel horror stories from your friends and family about flights being delayed for hours? Or worse, cancelled? These tales of travel terror get us all nervous,...

As a gay man in Singapore, William Tan didn’t have an easy time buying his first home. In his own words, he made some mistakes. At the time, he didn’t...