I’ve recently been to South Korea and had a great time. Learning how to read Hangeul helped a lot, even though I don’t know the meaning of most things that I read! One of the things I liked about traveling to South Korea was that many establishments accepted credit card for payment. When traveling abroad, […]
Money
“You can no longer use PayPal” all of a sudden; PayPal wants me to close my 11-year-old account!
I received an unexpected email from PayPal saying I can no longer use PayPal. You can no longer use PayPal After a review, we decided to permanently limit your account as we found potential risk associated with it. You’ll not be able to use PayPal to send and receive payments or shop online.If you have funds in your PayPal balance, […]
Sample computation of interest – Time Deposit Rate from BPI Direct Savings Bank
Today I emailed BPI Direct, asking if the interest rates in the following table taken from their website is monthly rate. The table of BPI’s time deposit rates above may have changed already as you read this blog entry, so please verify in this page: BPI Direct – Time Deposit Rates. This was the response […]
Receive Moneygram money transfer in the Philippines
I had to visit a Moneygram branch today to receive money that was sent to me. Western Union is where I usually receive money from other countries, and they have many branches. I did a lookup in the Moneygram website to find nearby branches but couldn’t find any. A friend told me SM Business Centers […]