Iona Bain is an award-winning writer, author, speaker and broadcaster who specialises in personal finance. She came to prominence as the founder of Young Money Blog, the first blog in the UK devoted to young people’s finances.
Young Money was founded in 2011 and went onto become one of the most pioneering and influential personal finance blogs in the UK. Iona retired from active blogging in 2021 to concentrate on other exciting projects but you can find out more about what Young Money has achieved below, and the wealth of knowledge Iona built up around young people’s finances over 10 years.
Monzo has been right at the vanguard of mobile-only banking and part of a new broom sweeping through the financial industry in recent years. So Young Money readers may be…
Iona Bain This week, Facebook got its own “Times Up” moment. Amid accusations that the social media giant had allowed the data of 150 million users to be surreptitiously exploited…
Iona Bain Abraham Lincoln once said: “The best way to predict your future is to create it.” So while today’s freshers may be (understandably) focused on the next few months…
FIRST PUBLISHED: 2012 FULLY UPDATED: 2017 It is possibly the most important item we own. So is it worth taking out insurance on your mobile phone? We find out just how…
Iona Bain As you settle in to binge on a Netflix box-set tonight, pick up your phone to hail an Uber or take to Snapchat for a bit of mindless fun,…
Iona Bain It is estimated that four out of five people in the UK now own a smartphone. But of course, we could have guessed that, couldn't we? You can't go…
FULLY UPDATED: 2017 Iona Bain A lacklustre smartphone market?! A booming trade in second-hand phones?! A move towards sim only deals? These are words I never thought I'd write on…
Yesterday, Matt explored how smartphones wreck our mental health. Today, he looks at relationships and career prospects - could a digital detox help both? Matt Bain Our relationship with devices…
In the first part of this special blog series, Matt Bain explains why he's stepping back from his smartphone this New Year - and why you should too Matt Bain In…
Iona Bain It is the scourge of clumsy smartphone users everywhere. One slip of the hand and your screen is shattered, becoming an eyesore and risking further damage to your…
BATTERY CHILDREN Major electronics brands, including Apple, Samsung, Sony, Microsoft and Vodaphone, are failing to do basic checks to ensure that cobalt mined by child labourers has not been used…
Stop press - we played a sizeable part in leading the media coverage of TalkTalk's cyber attack last week, and got another fine scoop in Saturday's Daily Telegraph to boot. We broke the…
Disclaimer: This is what we like to (politely) call a "heritage" blog. That means we haven't updated the information here since publication (although we have tidied up the format). A…
Disclaimer: This is what we like to (politely) call a "heritage" blog. That means we haven't updated the information here since publication (although we have tidied up the format). A…
Disclaimer: This is what we like to (politely) call a "heritage" blog. That means we haven't updated the information here since publication (athough we have tidied up the format). A…
Disclaimer: This is what we like to (politely) call a "heritage" blog. That means we haven't updated the information here since publication (although we have tidied up the format). A…
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