The idea of a payday loan - to ensure that a person has enough money in their bank account to cover some bills at the end of the month before they receive their salary - is a useful one.

In an era of stagnating wages and high inflation even the most careful consumer can come a cropper from time to time.

However, the way the market has been run - with unregulated approval schemes and sky-high interest…

All gamers eagerly await the release of the next series of their favorite games. The gaming world is not the same anymore. It is much more real and also a fast growing business. PS3 has unleashed it next set of games which are now readily available all across the nations at the stores and the online portals.

Tradus and flipkart are the two most popular online retailers which provide a huge collection of PS3 games and that too at affordable price. To make the deals even more…

I thought that with Google due to shut down their Reader in July, it was only a matter of time until Feedburner bit the dust. Therefore, I started to look for alternatives for Help Me To Save's RSS.

I've gone with uri.lv. I really liked the fact that they had a Wordpress plugin, so I didn't have to do anything…

The Weekend Round Up features five posts published on members' blogs the previous week.

I've come up with a proposal for a Cash ISA Pension Account which would combine the tax free benefits of a Cash ISA and a personal pension, plus avoid having to pay charges when…

Here's a summary of the workshop on "The New SEO: 11 Tips to Get High Rankings on Google" led by Rajul Chaude of London Hotels Inisght at the Write on Finance Blog Up #2 London.

1.Know your target keywords: use…

The Weekend Round Up features five posts published on members' blogs the previous week.

Adam on Money Bulldog asks if you are willing and able to negotiate. I always try to get he best possible deal; it's always worth…

I've created a Personal Finance Bloggers Board on Pinterest.

If you'd like your photo to be added to the Personal Finance Bloggers board, please leave a comment with a link to the photo you'd like to be featured.

Read my tips on…

In the good old days, when you publishe a blog post, the majority of feedback on that post would be in the form of comments on that post.

Now with so many social media channels e.g. Twitter, Facebook, Google+. LimkedIn, the feedback/discussion is all over the place.

Three Write on Finance members tweeted their response to the "…

The Weekend Round Up features five posts published on members' blogs the previous week.

Maria of the Money Principle looks at pros and cons of taking a lump sum versus an annuity. I've spent a lot of time recently looking at options for my…

Ashley of Skint in the City led a very useful workship at the Write on Finance Blog #2 in London. She asked us to write down 10 adjectives to describe our blogs, then…

The Weekend Round Up features five posts published on members' blogs the previous week.

Adam of Money Bulldog explains home insurance. I'd always advise people homeowners to have building and contents insurance and tenants to have contents insurance.

Samantha of…

Member and blogger sponsor of the Write on Finance Blog Up #2 London, Maria Medeva of the…

#ukpfIt'd be great if UK personal finance bloggers could use the Twitter hashtag #ukpf when they're tweeting their own and each others content.

This'll be good for us all, so that people can easily find articles written by the UK personal finance community.

The Weekend Round Up features five posts published on members' blogs the previous week.

Over at Happier.co.uk Julian has compiled a list of the Top 100 Frugal Blogs. Five Write on Finance members are in the Top UK Frugal Blogs:

• #2 The Money…

Living frugally is not easy – we’re always on the lookout for insights, tips, and strategies from savvy bloggers. From frugal fashionistas to frugal travel hackers – we scour the web daily for the best of the frugal blogosphere to share with you…

With that – we’re launching our annual Frugal 100 Awards – the frugal blogs we love, and read daily.

Here are the categories:

• Best UK Frugal Blogs
• Best International…

Limited half price tickets for the Write on Finance Blog Up #2 in London over the weekend 16-17 March are on sale until Sunday 10 March 2013. Come along to the event at the Guoman Hotel Charing Cross for a mix of presentations, panel discussions, workshops and networking with personal finance bloggers/writers and people working in the personal finance industry.…

The Weekend Round Up features five posts published on members' blogs the previous week.

Drew of Objective Wealth relates how, with their finances in order, his wife and he are able to pay upfront for a holiday to Florida.I that the fact that they…

The Weekend Round Up features five posts published on members' blogs the previous week.

Discount Coder reviews the book "Your Money or Your Life" which focuses on changing the way that you think about money.

Payday Angels caution that your…

We have just published an interesting summary of what the average person in the UK spends their money on per year, in terms of tax and personal spending. For example, the average person spend only £3.20 on the Royal Family but £990.00 to bailout RBS and Lloyds. And more shocking is that the average person spends only £1080 saving for old age but £780 on just taxis and £1424 on smoking.

See the full graphic here: …

The Weekend Round Up features five posts published on members' blogs the previous week.

Drew of Objective Wealth explains leverage in his A-Z of Finance.

On The Money Principle Maria discuss if…