Energy bills are those annoying expenses you have to pay whether you like it or not. So when optimising your saving strategy, the first stage of the process is reducing your ‘mandatory’ expenses as ... Read more
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How to Stick to Your Budget with 3 Simple Tricks
Willpower. We all wish we had more of it. We all wish we had the willpower to stay away from junk food, to study 2 hours every single night and to never spend more than we should. But let's be ... Read more
How Peian from China Does her Budget
In today’s case study I’m interviewing Peian, who’s come all the way from China to study in Edinburgh. It's always interesting to see the perspective of an international student and the different ... Read more
6 Investing Myths DEBUNKED
There are WAY too many investing myths out there. And I’m here to debunk them because before learning how to invest you need to know the the truth. And you need to forget about investing ... Read more
How Dillan from the US Invests His Money
Another awesome student interview here! This time we take the perspective of an exchange student from the States. Very interesting because although what he says may not relate to all, we can all ... Read more
How to Set a Budget in Less than 10 Minutes (I Challenge You!)
I challenge you to set your budget in less than 10 minutes. No seriously - once you finish reading this, I want you to grab a timer and set up your budget. If it takes more than 10 minutes, I will ... Read more
How Tom from Edinburgh Saves his Money
Welcome to another student interview! This time I decided to take it to the streets and interview students hanging around University of Edinburgh. I dragged my good friend Alvar along and we just ... Read more
A System to ALWAYS Find the Best Student Discounts 😱
Student discounts are your friends. Thanks to them you sometimes get to eat free, get some nice cheap clothes and from time to time some free money. Exactly what students need. And yet most ... Read more
How Victoria from Glasgow Manages Her Money
I’m very excited to be bringing you Financially Mint’s first student case study! I’m hoping to be publishing these every week so students can compare and see how others deal with student life. The ... Read more
How Does the Student Loan Repayment Program work?
Student loans are a mystery to a lot of us. Not many know that this is the cheapest loan you’ll ever take out, and that 83% of students don’t ever pay their loan back off!!!! Crazy. So how does ... Read more