The Financial Coach

MANAGING PEOPLE AND THEIR EMOTIONS AROUND MONEY

Moving forward…

I was chatting with a friend of mine last night who was relating a phone call he had received from his bank who were encouraging him to “move forward” to their prestige banking account and all that comes with it for just R199 per month…55 “free” transactions, help with forex, 12 free cheques (does any …

Bank fees…moving forward!

10 months ago I finally changed my bank account…after almost 19 years at Standard Bank, I finally had enough of their fees and their complete lack of interest in me as a client and I moved to Nedbank – for no other reason than that they offered a very attractive fee structure. For far too …

Comparative banking

After having been a client of Std Bank for 19 years I finally had enough of the ridiculous bank fees that I was paying (R185 flat fee) and moved to Nedbank (R65 for the same thing and an annual saving of R1440!). The process was a lot easier than I had anticipated and is something …