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Increasing Peso – Dollar Trend

Few months back I blog about how OFW can cope up with the increasing Peso, now its the other way around.  Peso is decreasing with respect to Dollar.  Expat Pinoy knew what to do in times like this.     


BDO Remit Status

The other day I sent money back home – the class will start and Lucky is going to school. I promised to send him a cash to buy him school supplies and new clothes. Knowing the urgency of my remittance, quickly I log on to the BDO Remit Status and to my relief the amount [...]


XOOM Coupon Code to Send Money to Philippines Free

Before I share you the XOOM coupon code to send Money to Philippines free let me just share you a little bit of my opinion about this money remittance thing. For those working away from their home country, sending the money back home is always a critical procedure. One must be wise enough to weigh [...]


Banco De Oro Remittance Status Online Inquiry

For OFWs who are remitting money back home through Banco De Oro, do you know that you can track you remittance online?  Yes! you heard it right.  Now you can track the status of the money you sent to your Banco De Oro account or your love ones BDO savings account. All you have to [...]


Check Your SSS Contribution with SSS Online System

check SSS Online with the SSS online inquiry system. You can now see your SSS premium contribution, SSS static information or SSS loan status..


Philippine Banks Paypal Bank Code List

The increasing demand of online transaction in the Philippines triggered the Paypal to open a new feature for Philippine paypal members to widthdraw their fund directly to their bank account in Philippines. After paypal announced the direct to bank widthdrawal availability I immediately activate my account and unfortunately there is no official list of 9 [...]


Update on the Credit Card Payment Error with Paypal

Remember my rant on the Authorization Failed Error on my paypal account well I’m happy to inform you that my paypal problem is gone. I can now do my online transaction without error. I use my paypal and I successfully completed the online registration for my new NDS & PSP game site soon to be [...]


0.15% Tax to all International Transfers in the Philippines

Starting May, all international transfers will be subjected for a 0.15% Documentary Stamp Tax (DST). This will apply to all remittance companies and banks in the Philippines. The money worth Php 4,160 ($100) for example will become Php 4,153.76, that is after the Php 6.24 was less from the original amount due to the 0.15% [...]


OFW option to cope up with the peso-dollar forex trend

Photo on left shows the Peso-Dollar exchange rate on November, 2003 photo courtesy of Agence France-Presse. Those were the days when the dollar value is at its best performance. Today however, the Peso-Dollar closes to 41.85Php – that is 24.73% lower ! The strengthening of peso against the dollar for the past 37 months is [...]


Free Personal Finance Wealth Building Links

With the OFW LIFE blog running with a 387 posts, I think it is heightime for me pick old posts that deserved some diggings.  A neat way to promote old articles and at the same time provide you, my readers, some worthy readings about wealth building, free personal finance a some investment advise. Ready? Here [...]