Alex
Alex is a former bond trader who is passionate about bitcoin and entrepreneurship.
Penang, Malaysia – A New Hub For Digital Nomads
Penang, the second largest city in Malaysia, is known amongst travellers and tourists primarily for its vast range of delicious street food and picturesque architecture. However, Penang is slowly also becoming a hub for...
What is Social Trading and is it a Viable Way to Make Money?
Social Trading is a new way of trading financial securities and refers to using financial social networks that allow you to copy trades of 'professional traders' to generate a profit. This concept is very...
Why You Need To Think Twice Before Investing In Mutual Funds
If you are looking to build an investment portfolio financial advisors will often advise you to put in your money into a mutual fund. That way you have an investment professional managing your money and...
7 Tough Financial Questions To Ask Before You Say ‘I Do’
So, you have finally met the person you want to spend the rest of your life with. You are emotionally ready to take that leap of faith and ride off into the sunset with...
7 FinTech Companies That Make Your Financial Life Easier
The thing I love the most about the recent boom in the financial technology space is that so many fintech businesses are focusing on making lives easier for the consumer, by providing better and...
5 Ways To Pay Off Your Student Loans Faster
A large amount of student debt is a major issue that many millennials face today. Hence, paying off student loans is high on the agenda of those who are affected. In this post, I...
5 Awesome Fintech Services for Travellers and Digital Nomads
Financial technology (also referred to as ‘fintech') is currently booming in the start-up world and has a strong focus on providing better products and services for the consumer than its counterparts from the traditional...
‘We Want To Make Investing More Accessible For Millennials’ – An Interview With Finimize...
I came across the FinTech start-up Finimize a few months ago and quickly became a reader of their ‘easy-to-digest’ daily financial news service. Their daily global edition email, which highlights each day’s key events...
How Credit Card Companies Try To Get You – A Must-Read Guide
First off I want to say that credit card providers are not intrinsically evil. They allow you to make large purchases on credit, that you would otherwise not be able to make, as you...
How I Saved Over 90% On An International Money Transfer Using TransferWise
In January 2016 I contacted the @CAT Co-Working Space in Penang, Malaysia to sign up for a one month membership, so that I could work remotely on my business from their co-working space. As @CAT...