Small Steps, Better Savings: How to Finally Get Started on Your Ipon

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Ever dreamt of going on a vacation, upgrading your phone, or sprucing up your home? While life can throw unexpected challenges like bills, emergencies, and holidays, it's still possible to save. 

Saving can be challenging for some, often due to low income or not knowing where to start, but with a clear goal and the right tools, you can finally get started on saving for anything, no matter how small you start.

Transforming Your Christmas Bonus Into Potential Savings

It’s Christmas! This means that many employees will happily receive bonuses this month. Many employees look forward to their 13th month pay and other benefits before the actual holidays start. Plans to purchase gifts for friends and loved ones have been made throughout the year. Lists have been filled and items have been added to online carts to prepare for the upcoming shopping spree. It is easy to think that going all out is the best way to go, but there is an alternative that can potentially be rewarding and profitable in the future. And that’s in setting up savings.

Allotting our holiday funds for savings is a thought that seldom occurs to many of us. But in these uncertain times with the rise of inflation and the surge in prices of basic goods, a second option to shore up savings could be the wise decision. Having backup resources can cover a multitude of emergency needs such as medical, maintenance, and repair expenses. So, if there is an opportunity to receive bonuses in the coming months, it could be prudent to designate an amount for your spending, and the rest for savings or other means.

Teach your child to effectively manage their money

EastWest fosters financial literacy with these helpful tips and tools

Managing your finances takes effort and consistency, which pay off when you become financially stable during any situation. These days, it is more crucial than ever to be on top of your finances—to survive and even thrive financially during challenging times.

Financial literacy advocate and EastWest SVP and Head of Regional Branch Banking Ivy Uy stresses the importance of managing money efficiently starting at an early age. “We need to take what we know now and teach it to the next generation, and this includes how to be money smart,” she said. “We can start by teaching our kids how to save money—establish the mindset of saving for the future and develop the habit.”

Cebuana Lhuillier launches easier, more convenient way to save through micro savings product

Launch coincides with the introduction of “#KayaNa: Unbanked Filipinos No More Movement” 

Cebuana Lhuillier, one of the country’s leading microfinancial services company, recently unveiled the Cebuana Lhuillier Micro Savings, which will provide Filipinos with a more convenient and affordable means to save their hard-earned money. 

Acting as a cash agent of the Cebuana Lhuillier Rural Bank (CLRB), micro savings is Cebuana Lhuillier’s platform for Filipinos to overcome the barriers to saving. While Filipinos like to save, they opt to keep it at home according to the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP).

Personal budget strategy to consider this 2018

Tips to survive another year of strict budgeting and saving money

Eat healthier, get more exercise, save more money, take up a new hobby – it’s the time of the year to make that list of self-improvements again.  If your New Year’s resolution involves strict budgeting, there are countless of ways to make your funds work the way you need it to.

It’s more than just saving money, because the real question is, how?  Global Fintech company Home Credit has six tips that you may consider when doing your budget plan.

I'm doing the 52 Week Peso Challenge!

Saving is though unless you have the discipline. And one way to challenge myself is to get into a financial challenge that I have to do for the whole year. It is called the 52 Week Peso Challenge. This challenge has many versions online via blogs and websites, and I was determined to make one of my own as to save something in the future and claiming it to get bigger.