Category: Investing

Can You Buy An Insurance Product Online?

Many OFW’s have started to realize and understand the importance of insurance for them and their family members. This is the result of the financial literacy awareness projects being pushed by several individuals and groups.

However, there are cities and countries that have limitations when it comes to buying life insurance products. Or OFW’s simply have no access and means to get in touch with financial advisors in the country of their work.

Just a couple of days ago, I bumped into an old friend who works at AXA Philippines and told me about their latest marketing strategy to offer their insurance products: The AXA Insurance Online or AXA iON. Continue reading Can You Buy An Insurance Product Online?

May Kilala Ka Bang Anak Expat?

Awesome kids deserve awesome recognition.

May kilala ka bang Anak Expat na may ibang klaseng Talino o Talento?
Ask them to join BPI Search for the Ten Outstanding Expat Pinoy Children!

Expat Pinoys (OFWs) are truly deserving of their titles as the country’s modern-day heroes. They are living showcases of the endearing characteristics of Filipinos, bringing honor to the country through the diligence and resourcefulness they demonstrate in their work. They help tremendously in the progress of the country through their earnings and remittances. Continue reading May Kilala Ka Bang Anak Expat?

How To Change Your Money Habits

If you buy a treadmill and just decide to make at least 15 minutes of running everyday, do you know that your decision to doing this for the whole year is just going to happen for a few days only? Do you know that when you just “decide” to reduce your spending or to save money, that mere decision will likely not going to happen?

I remember hearing from one of my respected mentors that almost everything that we do everyday aren’t really decisions but rather habits that we ourselves have brought into being along the way. And that includes our “automatic” money habits which are actually one of the main reasons why many people’s pockets get seriously damaged.

One example of this is when you drop by a fastfood restaurant on your way home and order anything that you don’t even like just because you want to bring something to your family members. And even if your loved ones don’t eat them anymore (nagsawa na), you still bring the same value meals and leave them to rot on your dining table. Continue reading How To Change Your Money Habits