From yesterday some areas are still without water. The notice says one thing but....
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Ok hope they get water soon
ReplyDeleteJamaica will never be better until respect for the jamaican ppl is there
ReplyDeleteTo open an a/c at a particular Financial Institution recently.
ReplyDeleteDocs req'd:
ID
last 2 payslips /pension slips
2 references - complete with their HOME address (I have no reason to know where the JP resides (he operates from his workplace)
proof of address [had to download electronically-sent utility bill - then upload it]
SIX months bank a/c activity
To invest your OWN money, you are treated like a money-launderer.
Getting explanations, filling in and signing documents took any 3 hours!!
Btw, the GAP between interest paid on your savings and that charged for a loan is "criminal"
To make a lump-sum DEPOSIT in a Growth Fund (shares/stocks) - there is a charge of 4% of amount deposited.
I am just an ordinary citizen who would like to make sure children and grandchildren benefit from my years of "hard" work. It is so frustrating. So sorry wealth building and wealrh management was not part of the compulsory curruculum starting from Primary School.
It's like one needs a degree in finance just to save / invest one's own money. Sigh.🤔 🤷🏽♀️ Who wonders why some ppl try to beat the system and with some become scammers.
Credit Union now charging "service" fees of $385/month and to clise the a/c, it's $1,000+GCT 😱
Interest rate on CU savings a/c 0.25% 😭
Have to work on my Financial Literacy in retirement (a bit too late).
from M. Blake (no photo)