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.
It's Talk Money Week and I'm busy north of the Border. First I'm contributing to a Money Advice Service forum in Edinburgh on Tuesday evening, then chairing the RBS event…
Credit unions will get a Budget shot in the arm with the launch of a Premium Bond-style lottery prize to tempt young workers into these alternatives to mainstream finance. The…
So how do you lose £2000 without knowing it? 🤯 That’s the average value of ‘lost’ Child Trust Funds worth a total £1.5bn, which parents don’t know they have, or have…
Iona Bain The Young Money Blog has had an exceptionally busy summer, I'm pleased to report, with our calendar proving as red-hot as the weather. I'll be doing a little…
Iona Bain What if I told you that crazy-important decisions are being taken about your future finances by people who are...well, nothing like you? Diversity is becoming such an…
Iona Bain Summer is usually called "silly season" in journalism. But it looks as if the same phenomenon might be affecting the Treasury Select Committee as well. Its latest report, Household…
"We're in the money, we're in the money, we've got a lot of what it takes to get along..." * Iona Bain Millennials can expect part of a £1 trillion windfall…
FIRST PUBLISHED: 2014 FULLY UPDATED: 2017 Iona Bain Picture the scene: it’s Friday night and your friends want to go out to a bar or a fancy new restaurant. But…
FIRST PUBLISHED: 2013 FULLY UPDATED: 2017 Britain’s financial watchdog has finally cracked down on payday loans after years of complaints, bad practice and heart-breaking stories. But is it a case of…
Iona Bain Not that long ago, I contributed to a TV documentary about money issues for young people. When asked to talk about budgeting, I suggested that children should speak to…
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 (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…
Iona Bain was a judge of this year's Baillie Gifford's Young Writers' Competition and discusses what some of the essays indicate about youngsters' attitude to retirement. Iona Bain Would you…
THIS WEDNESDAY – BOOK NOW! The big Young Money debate – your invitation What are the financial issues affecting today’s young people and how do these affect the rest of…
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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