Janice, Author at Pinay Investor

Plan Ahead for a Comfortable Retirement: Exploring the Benefits of SSS Pension Booster

Leave a Comment / Uncategorized / Janice

Imagine spending your golden years free of financial stress, enjoying time with family, traveling, or pursuing hobbies. Sounds great, right? The key to making this dream a reality is to start planning for your retirement now. While retirement planning might seem like a distant concern, starting early is crucial. The earlier you begin, the more […]

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Shine Bright Financially This Pride: Top Tips for LGBTQIA+ Folks

PR Events / Janice

With June in full swing, the world is bursting with Pride celebrations. It’s a time to shout loud and proud about love, acceptance, and being yourself – no matter what that means. This year, at Google Philippines’ Pride Conversations, I was struck by something powerful. So many voices were calling for a world where everyone

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Financial Literacy for Students: My Story and the Success of Cha-Ching

Complete Step-by-Step Guide to Register your SSS Account Online

Gov't Services, SSS / Janice

Members of the Philippine Social Security System are encouraged to register their SSS account online for faster and convenient viewing of SSS contributions. Once you’re registered, you can also view and file benefit claims such as retirement or disability pension, maternity benefit, and sickness benefit. You can also apply for salary, educational, or housing loan

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Getting Started on Mutual Fund Investment

Leave a Comment / Investment, Mutual Funds / Janice

One of the reasons why I like what I’m doing right now as an Event Director is the opportunity to share and spread Financial Literacy to other people. Last week, we helped out the Philippine Investment Funds Association or PIFA for their Annual Mutual Fund Awareness Week and I feel honored to be part of

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How to Withdraw Funds from COL Financial Account

Investment, Stock Market / Janice

I ran out of cash today so I decided to withdraw some extra funds from my COL Financial Account. This isn’t the first time I withdrew money from my COL Financial Account, so I pretty much know the process already. And it’s very simple. If you have a COL Financial Account and you’re planning to

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My 12 Key Takeaways from the Cashflow 101 Event

Leave a Comment / Investment, Seminars / Janice

Two weeks ago, I attended the Cashflow 101 board game / workshop at the Crown Plaza Hotel in Ortigas, Pasig City. This was my second time to play this board game. The first time was early in 2012 and that was also the first time I heard about the stock market, which I shared on

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My WAHM Story: How I Became a Work-at-Home-Mom

2 Comments / Random Updates, Seminars / Janice

I didn’t have any idea about being a WAHM until I attended the WAHM 101: How to be a Work at Home Mom Workshop on June 28, 2014. It was only a month after I resigned from my 7-year employment at the call center when I learned about this workshop. The main reason I resigned

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Stock Smarts Workshops: How to Invest in Stock Market

Leave a Comment / Seminars, Stock Market / Janice

My first assignment as an Event Director of Manila Workshops was the Stock Smarts Series, in partnership with Marvin Germo. It started in January of this year and we already had four runs as of this month. We had 4 modules during the first run, which include: Basics of Stock Market Intro to Technical Analysis

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BDO Online Banking: How to Enroll your Account and Pay your Bills Online

Banks, BDO / Janice

It’s sweldo day! I know when it’s my sister’s pay day because she would send me multiple text messages asking me to transfer her funds from her BDO Payroll Account to my BDO Personal Savings Account for me to pay her bills online. I already taught her how to do this several times, but she

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