Finance Websites

Save Your Pennies here!

Advantages: Sound advice and great money making ideas
Disadvantages: Info not updated regularly enough, site can be a bit confusing

This site is run by Martin Lewis and offers advice on money management, how to save money and make a little extra, how to do one over banks and credit card companies that try to charge you additional fees, etc... I both love and hate this website. I'm sure alot of us will happily admit the reason we are writing here is thanks to advice from Martin on this site. Most of the time, his advice is good. Credit card recommendations are mostly very shrewd ...
...weekly special offers. If you have the time, they work and will save you money. I have got lost in his pages and have mostly found all his advice to be sound and good (I am writing here after all and not only earning a little but having fun and hopefully being a little informative). My only slight criticisms would be that sometimes his information is out of date I don't mean his news letter which is always up-to-sate but on the main site. I suppose ...

Nixu1980 19.10.2009 · Read full review
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Review of moneysavingexpert.com

MoneySupermarket is an excelent comparrison site

Advantages: It show's what companies are searched and the results of them all sucessful or not
Disadvantages: Can be inaccurate

This site is excellent for comparing insurance quotes from a variety of suppliers. I have used it for 2 years now and each year it has provided me with the cheapest quote for both Car and Home insurance. There is a couple of slight problems with the site, the first is that on a few quotes, when you try to get them it turns out that the actual quote is higher than the site. The only way around that is for moneysupermarket to take a lot more information ...
...lot of time being wasted. It would be nice however to have the option to do this if you wanted too. The other problem I found out when I moved into a new home is that it takes quite a time for moneysupermarket to update their post code database, so I had to resort to the old method of calling round all companies (A lot of the companies also do not update their records well and refused to quote as well) Overall I would recommend this site to anybody ...

krazed 23.11.2007 · Read full review
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Review of moneysupermarket.com

The Fool is an excellent resource of information

Advantages: Free, impartial & one of the first places you should go
Disadvantages: does not list true high yield investments

Thanks to all the readers who reviewed and told me my article was in the wrong place and thank you also for the link given in the ratings to show me where the correct place is. I will give my thoughts on The Motley Fool. I use the fool site at least 4 times a week. The site belongs to two brothers who are very knowledgeble on finance. Easy to Navigate which a wide variety of impartial facts. This is the first site I visit when I want to compare products ...
...share service which is relatively cheap called champion shares. I do not use this service myself as I have a similar service which for employees is cheaper. I have heard however from several friends that its excellent and reliable. The fool offers impartial information which is relevant to the majority of people. It is important to note that the fool is independant and is certainly not like other services owned by banks or building societies. The ...

alanbishop 08.11.2007 · Read full review
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Review of fool.com (Motley Fool)

Currency Convertion Made Easy!

Advantages: Simple interface, most info you need on home page
Disadvantages: Perhaps not best if looking for a more sophisticated tool

I have minimal need for a currency conversion site so when I do use them for either business or pleasure I want something that is simple and easy to use. I have used in the past a variety of sites and found that many are complex or you need to get through a number of screens before you get the answer you want. This is not the case with xe.com, which has now become the sole site I use for this. First off, the name is great and very easy to remember. ...
...if you use a variety of computers (home, work, girlfriends house, parents, etc...) you need one you can easily remember. This does the trick nicely. Once in, it is also incredibly simple to use and updates live. I think every minute or two it will update so you have the most accurate conversion possible. As you enter the site the home page is a simple to use table showing current currency values compared with each other for the major markets. This ...

Nixu1980 18.10.2009 · Read full review
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Review of xe.com (XE Currency Converter)

TERRIBLE EXPERIENCE !!

Advantages: Lots of features
Disadvantages: None of them work

Shockingly SHOCKINGLY poor service.!!!!! They're owned by the halifax so I thought it was a safe company.. Opened an account with them 3-4 months ago.. For the first month I could not log in.. took approx 15-20 phone calls, with each time a promise it would be sorted before it finally worked. First time I tried to buy shares, the transfer function did'nt work, meaning I couldnt transfer funds from my bank to finance the purchase.. another 2 weeks ...
...the account.. but when I tried to purchase shares, I got an error saying I had no funds in the account, even though I had transfered cash and could see the balance on the same screen!! more phone calls. Great.. everything seemed to be working, bought shares in 6 companies over the next few weeks. One of the companies issued a profit warning.. I tried to sell shares.. got an error saying I didnt own the shared, even though I could clearly see them ...

Eduarrdo 16.02.2007 · Read full review
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Review of iii.co.uk (Interactive Investor International)