Money Online

While you can always hyperlink a "mailto:youre-mail@site.com" it is not really safe as web crawlers are bound to get your e-mail account and before you know it, you'll be receiving tons and tons of spam e-mails. It's good to have a Contact Me form.

Having a Contact Me form is the best way to go if you want people to have a way to reach you aside from the Comments on every post.

The one that I'm using now is from Kontactr, a very useful one as you don't have to compromise your e-mail on site and web crawlers won't have a way to find it. Another good thing about this FREE form is the 'verifier' that saves you from spam bots.

Just in case you don't have a contact form yet, try this one from Kontactr.

Zhou Xiaochuan, governor of the People’s Bank of China, is adamant in pushing for an alternative international currency, this is what I stumbled upon on CNN. He is pushing for the wider use of International Monetary Fund’s Special Drawing Right or SDR.

This is the first time that I’ve heard about SDR, it is, according to the article, is an accounting unit based on the euro, Japanese yen, pound sterling and U.S. dollar.

Wikipedia defined SDR as a “basket of major currencies used in international trade and finance. At present, the currencies in the basket are, by weight, the U.S. dollar, euro, Japanese yen and pound sterling.” Adding further that “the amounts of each currency making up one SDR are chosen in accordance with the relative importance of the currency in international trade and finance. The determination of the currencies in the SDR basket and their amounts is made by the IMF Executive Board every five years.”

Quite a mouthful of information, I must say, Zhou said that the expanded use of SDR would ease dependence on any one currency and limit the effects of a single country’s fiscal policies. He could probably refer to the U.S. dollar and its effect on the world market.

President Barack Obama, for his part, said that there is no need for a global currency.

Next week, G-20 or Group of 20 will have their economic summit in London and China’s suggestions might preempt any discussions that will tackled by the delegates. G-20’s formal name is the Group of Twenty Finance Ministers and Central Bank Governors, and they represent 85 percent of world’s gross domestic product.

Would an alternative international currency be really beneficial to all countries?

Let’s just wait and see.

This is not good... not good at all.

The text messaging could cost P0.10 more once the proposal of solons to increase text messaging fee is approved.

Some congressmen are seeking to hike text messaging fee as they see it as a good source of additional funds. Funds that could be channel to the government's free education program.

Yeah right. More funds means... more funds.

"There are more people texting than calling," Quezon Rep. Danilo Suarez told reporters after presenting the proposal in a recent panel hearing. He added that with the increased text messaging fees, they could raise P200 million daily, which could be used to finance free education nationwide.

Suarez is the House Oversight committee chair. He said however that there is no guarantee that the telecommunications companies (telcos) will not pass on the additional cost to mobile phone subscribers. He can only appeal to the conscience of the telecommunications companies to shoulder the cost instead of passing in to the consumers.

Camarines Norte Rep. Liwayway Vinzons-Chato, a former Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR) Commissioner, is also seeking to charge additional fees on mobile phone calling and internet costs should the text message cost hike is approved.

Telcos representatives apprehensive about the proposal, stating that there may be difficulties in implementing it. Lawyer Rodolfo Salalima, chief legal counsel and senior adviser of Globe Telecom, questioned how the additional cost will be applied since telcos offer various unlimited text and call promos.

They said however that they are willing to sort out issues during the technical working group meetings headed by Vinzons-Chato.

Like I said... this doesn't look good at all.

Did you know that you can send and receive Money Online through Friendster? That is through the e-wallet facility of Globe Telecomunications, the G-Cash.

Actually, I received the text alert from Globe early this year although I haven't actually tried it yet. But as for G-Cash, I have tested it and found it to be a very convenient way of sending payments as well as receiving them.

Now, Globe and Friendster have tied up to make the electronic payment facility available to the users to the popular online social network.

That is only following a basic marketing scheme... go where the market is... in this case, they are mostly at Friendster.

For those who have tried the e-payment through the said social network, I would love to hear feedbacks.

I would also follow this up with a thorough write-up once I have tried the said facility myself.

Maybe this is the time of recession, but it does not mean we should just sit down and wait for this global crisis to end. Definitely, it doesn't work that way. We should in fact make an active participation to help the economy recover from the financial crunch by starting that business we've been planning all along.


But without a capital, how can we start that business? Will there be anyone who would take the risk and provide Business Credit to start-ups in these times? Fortunately, there is.

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This blog is more than just making Money Online, it doesn't teach how you can become rich overnight, because to be honest, there's no such thing... unless you win in a lottery.

This blog features news and updates that contains finances, money handling, a bit of technology and a lot of current events that's creating a buzz on the web.

From among my blogs, this could be the one that focuses on money, but it is not necessarily limited to that, it aims to accomplish more... it aims to grow... as I still hope to get my fair share, of course.

This is my Money OnLine blog.