“Wow…it looks so nice”. “What a great discount”. “I must buy this one”. Such thoughts frequently pass through our mind. These feelings are normal and shared by many. As consumers we find novel products very tempting. The possibility of buying an item less than the original listed price is equally appealing. The pressure to follow…
This is one of the videos ĠEMMA produced with the Central Bank of Malta in our money matters and the family. Let me introduce the ĠEMMA family. I am Tony. I am Maria’s husband. I work as a manager in a large business in the services industry. My wife, Maria, is 40 years old and…
It is essential to understand your and your spouse’s “money personality,” as we all have a unique way how we think about money — often shaped by how we were raised as a child. And our life experiences can cause us to feel specific patterns when it comes to spending or falls into certain habits.…
This is one of the videos ĠEMMA produced with the Central Bank of Malta in our money matters and the family. Download the Central Bank of Malta and ĠEMMA Video on Providing a Loan to a family member or friends’ by clicking here. Let me introduce the ĠEMMA family. I am Tony. I am Maria’s…
This is one of the videos ĠEMMA produced with the Central Bank of Malta in our money matters and the family. Let me introduce the ĠEMMA family. I am Tony. I am Maria’s husband. I work as a manager in a large business in the services industry. My wife, Maria, is 40 years old and…
There are many reasons why arguments arise within a family on money management. This article is based on articles by Investopedia (www.investopedia.com/articles) that discuss money issues in families. Investopedia establishes the following as the most common financial issues that challenge married couples: 01. What's Mine, Yours, Ours Sometimes, when each spouse works and cannot agree…
A 40-year-old man has been arrested by the Police on suspicion of having carried out at least six robberies on elderly persons, after knocking on their door on the pretext of selling tickets for a lottery. The Police said in a statement that the robbed victims are aged between 52 and 95 years, and the…
One of the videos ĠEMMA produced with the Central Bank of Malta on money matters and the family series. Download the Central Bank of Malta and ĠEMMA Video on ‘Buying your home’ by clicking here. Let me introduce the ĠEMMA family. I am Tony. I am Maria’s husband. I work as a manager in a…
A study in the UK by Slater and Gordon, carried out in 2018, found that money worries top the list of reasons married couples split up. Over a third of those questioned said that financial pressures were the biggest challenge to their marriage, while a fifth said most of their arguments were about money. One…
Cryptocurrencies – Bitcoin, Ethereum, Litecoin, etc. – have been in the spotlight globally and locally in the past few months. Moneysmart.as states that “today, there are hundreds of digitally created currencies, as well as Initial Coin Offerings, or ICOs, which are like initial share offers to the public, giving you an opportunity to acquire the…
