15/05/2009 by bill.

Zopa is the online marketplace where people meet to lend and borrow money. The easiest way to describe it is like eBay for money - lenders lend money, borrowers borrow money, and by cutting out the banks, everyone gets a better deal.

If you’re looking for a loan, you will get a competitive rate and Zopa do not have any sneaky fees or penalties if you want to repay early. Plus, you get that warm feeling inside, knowing that your repayments are helping real people rather than the fat cats.

Or, if you have got some spare cash and fancy making a return, why not try lending at Zopa? Zopa credit-score and risk assess every borrower, you can lend each borrower as little as 10 pounds to minimise risk and all payments are collected on your behalf.

***Click here to join***

Click here if you are looking for a loan

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15/03/2009 by bill.

Money Jungle is a melting pot for money making and saving ideas, offering clear and impartial information and expert guidance for investors, business startups and anyone looking to save or make money.

The Money Jungle business directory lists details of UK and international providers of personal finance, savings, investment, property, home finance and business development services.

Why not sign up to My Money Jungle? It’s completely free to join and benefits include a regular e-newsletter with news about savings, investment, saving and making money and about moneyjungle.net developments.

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02/10/2008 by bill.

The Irish government announced this week that it will guarantee 100% of savings with Irish Banks.

It is reported that already UK savers are switching to Irish based accounts.

However, already the first £35,000 of deposits with a UK bank are guaranteed which means £70,000 for couple and the UK government is considering raising this to £50,000. In practice the government has acted to protect savings above this through nationisation as in the case of Northern Rock or by brokering a takeover, as with HBOS.

As always the best advice is probably to spread your savings around but switching to Irish banks may give peace of mind although it is reported that the Irish government may face a challenge to the legality of the move from EU regulators.

To check how secure your savings are you should be able to find details of protection on the bank’s website. You will also find information on the FSA website.

For more information about UK savings accounts see moneyjungle.net.

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19/08/2007 by bill.

Anyone planning a late summer or Autumn holiday will find some great offers available on line.

For low cost flights try WeGoLow.

Or for low cost, charter and scheduled flights try flight.co.uk.

For car hire bargains go to Holiday Autos.

For airport parking and hotels we suggest Holiday Extras.

And finally get covered at Go Travel Insurance.

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21/07/2007 by bill.

Two broadband suppliers are offering laptops to new subscribers who sign up for a minimum of two years.

AOL is offering new subscribers a free £500 Dell laptop. Orange offers £300 off the price of a laptop from PC World.

Of course anyone thinking of signing up for a new broadband service may wish to consider more than just the best introductory offer, for example service speed, download limits and customer satisfaction reports.

An easy way to check is through an online comparison website such as  USwitch or Simplyswitch..

We are always looking for ways that My Money Jungle members can save money. Why not sign up today and receive regular email news, information and details of offers?

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16/07/2007 by bill.

The Internet has revolutionised how most of us book our hotel rooms and made it easy to find discounted rates.

But we like RoomAuction a website that lists hotels with hotel information and their standard rates. All you need to do is decide how much you are willing to pay for a room and make a bid! Hotels are likely to accept any reasonable offers for rooms that they do not expect to be booked. We tested the site this weekend and, although the hotel rejected our bid, they did offer us a £20 discount off the £90 room and breakfast rate that we would have paid had we booked directly with the hotel.

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