Overdraft facility explained
Having your card transaction declined when you are making a purchase can be embarrassing. Being penalised for having insufficient funds in your account is even worse. However, banks...
Debt Trapped South Africans Have These 3 Options Available To Them
Even if you don’t buy into all the mainstream New Year’s resolution hype, you can’t deny the fact that there is a moment (sometimes just a fleeting moment)...
Do’s and don’ts when you’re over-indebted
Having too much debt can keep you from reaching your financial goals. This is why you need to manage your money wisely to ensure that this does not...
What should you do if you get a final Letter Of Demand?
Stick up your hand if you have a few credit agreements in place? Now stick up your other hand if you’ve fallen behind with some of your debt...
What Should I Do With My 13th Cheque This Year?
It’s the home stretch, and there are only a couple of weeks left in this year. For many of us, the next few weeks represent a time to...
What’s The Difference Between A Bonus And A 13th Cheque?
If the year was a stage play, this period might well be considered “the final act.” As the curtain draws, many of us will be looking towards the...
4 money lesson COVID-19 has taught us
Wow, what a year it’s been… Only a Hollywood Director could dream up a “Doomsday” plot about a virus that pops out of a wet market in a...
No Discovery Health medical aid increases for the first six months of 2021!
No Discovery Health medical aid increases for the first six months of 2021! If you belong to a South African medical scheme, the odds are you have a...
MoneyShop Youth Month Survey
June was Youth Month. And so we took a look at how a parents finances affect their children. Some key items to take away: More than half of...
What does the all-time low repo rate mean for you?
What does the all-time low repo rate mean for you? The South African repo rate currently sits at 3,5% - the lowest in over 20 years. How does...