Guide to identity theft prevention
May 25, 2007
Here are some useful tips provided by Equitable PCI Bank to help you prevent identity theft when doing online banking.
Electronic Banking Consumer Protection Tips
from Equitable PCI Bank
Double-your-money investment schemes — are they for real?
May 17, 2007
Several rural banks in the Philippines are offering time deposits that pay as much as 20% interest per annum, effectively doubling your money after five years. Because these are time deposits, they are supposedly covered by the PDIC up to P250,000.
So does that make it a high-yield but virtually risk-free investment?
Let us know by posting your thoughts in the Rural banks offering 20% per annum thread in the PMT Forum.
Here's what a few PMT members have to say about double-your-money time deposit investment offers:
Sell e-gold orders back at PGX
May 16, 2007
As of yesterday, May 15, sell e-gold transactions are back at PinoyGoldeXchange (PGX). Sell e-gold fees are temporarily raised to 5% and orders will be completed until May 21.
Here's the announcement from PGX:
BPI Express Online now shows detailed transaction history
May 14, 2007
Early this month, Bank of the Philippine Islands (BPI) announced in BPIExpressOnline.com that users of its online banking facility will soon be able to see additional details of their transactions in their account history.
Today I logged in to my Express Online account and saw that BPI has already started implementing this. I’ve long waited for this one and even sent them last year a suggestion regarding this, so I’m glad they have finally adopted this.
Updated PGX announcement regarding ‘Sell E-gold’ transactions
May 12, 2007
The latest PinoyGoldeXchange (PGX) announcement is that sell e-gold transactions are again put on hold while they try to unload their piling e-gold funds.
Here’s the actual announcement from the PGX site.
PGX’s announcement on ‘Sell E-gold’ transactions
May 10, 2007
In response to the current massive sell-off of e-gold funds due to the recent controversy involving e-gold, Philippine-based exchanger PinoyGoldeXchange (PGX) issued the following announcement regarding selling (and buying) e-gold transactions via the site.
‘YouTube mySpace and I’ll Google your Yahoo’
May 9, 2007
Saw a cool shirt at Robinson’s Place Manila today. This one’s selling for a measly P179.75 (US$3.75).
The shirt proclaims:
YouTube mySpace and I’ll Google your Yahoo
No need to read between the lines. LOL.
PS. We are neither related to nor affiliated with the makers of the shirt or Robinson’s Malls.
Is the end of e-gold near?
May 2, 2007
A US Federal Grand Jury indicted last week e-gold Ltd. and Gold & Silver Reserve, Inc. on charges of money laundering, operating an unlicensed money transmitter business, and conspiracies to commit both offenses.
The US government has either seized or frozen the funds of large e-currency exchangers such as 1mdc, Icegold, and AnyGoldNow, among others.
Several e-gold users are having problems accessing their e-gold accounts.
Is the end of e-gold near?
No, err, not yet.
