The Sun's Financial Diary

ING Direct isn’t the leader in online saving interest rates now as it used to be. With current rate at 4.40%, it’s not as attractive as other banks such as HSBC and EmigrantDirect. But if you still want to open and INGDirect account, you can use the reference code CK921/gheaeriz to get $25 bonus if [...]

I was notified this morning by PayPerPost and my Paypal that $5.02 has been credited to my bank account. This is the first payment I received from PayPerPost for writing ad post. Actually, I was a little skeptical at the beginning about the way they do business, but now, after indeed getting paid, my perception [...]

I have signed up with some online paid survey sites, such as Greenfield Online, SurveySpot, SurveySavvy, Your2Cents, and Brand Institute, for more than a month and my overall experience with them so far was OK. Yes, many times I didn’t qualify for the paid surveys and I passed a lot surveys that only rewarded me [...]

During the internet boom of the late ’90s, you could find all kinds of money-making websits that pay you to simply click links on their websites, or install a small banner on your computer and let it run when you are surfing the internet. Easy money indeed. I can still remember a couple of names, [...]

My Ebates.com account was created nearly three years ago. However, I haven’t used it for a while (for more than two years) until recently I re-discovered this site and decided to use it whenever possible. I already spent the money, why not get some back? So early last month, I opened two Sharebuilder.com accounts, one [...]