Category Archives for Financial Planning
SCB 5% Rebate Online Shopping Promotion
From 1 October to 30 November 2011, use your Standard Chartered credit card and get 5% CashBack on all your online retail purchases, from ordering a pizza to buying a camera, paying for your air tickets, shopping for handbags and more. To enjoy this promotion, just follow these simple steps: 1) Be the first 50,000 […]
Extension of CPF SA Minimum Interest Rate
The CPF Board announced last Friday that the minimum floor rate of 4% in the Special, Medisave and Retirement Account (SMRA) will be extended by another year to the end of 2012. Since 2008, the SMRA rates were supposed to be pegged to the 12-month average yield of the 10-year Singapore Government Securities (10YSGS) plus 1% subject […]
IMSavvy Are You Ready Contest
IMSavvy is organizing a contest where you are invited to submit a story on cashflow, healthcare, housing or retirement. The contest has already started and ends on Sunday 25 September 2011. Entries must be completed and received within this period. The Voting period commences from Monday 26 September 2011 and ends on Sunday 2 October 2011 […]
Esaver Topup Bonus Promotion
I received a mailer from Standard Chartered Bank (SCB) on a promotion of higher interest rates for incremental topups into my E$saver Account. Deposit balance less than $50,000 Current rate 0.10% p.a. Bonus rate 0.408% p.a. Total interest on topup 0.508% p.a. Deposit balance $50,000 to $200,000 Current rate 0.20% p.a. Bonus rate 0.508% p.a. […]
CPF Nomination Loophole
As a followup to this story about missing CPF money, my colleague Wilfred emailed the CPF board to confirm their policy regarding the confidentiality of nominees. This is what he received: As the Board is under a duty to CPF members to maintain the confidentiality of the information belonging to our CPF members hence we […]