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.
Iona Bain Recently, I was on Woman's Hour discussing what every student needs to know about money matters before hitting Freshers' Week. It was a short item, with not enough…
Iona Bain The post-school education system is broke and needs urgent fixing, a scathing House of Lords report has found. It says the move to tuition fees funded largely by…
Iona was on BBC News today challenging the government’s plans to enrol workers as young as 18 into pensions. Ministers plan to reduce the minimum age for automatic pension saving…
Iona was a guest speaker today at the Pensions and Lifetime Savings Association’s annual conference in Manchester. In a special session on what the new Lifetime Isa means for workplace…
Iona was on Radio 5 Live this morning as the expert on young people’s money in special features on debt. Financial Conduct Authority chief Andrew Bailey has warned of a…
Young Money Matters A new regular bulletin from Young Money Blog 4 October 2017 The Government and Opposition are suddenly scrapping for the young vote (they…
Oi freshers! Have you left picking your student account to the absolute last minute? You silly moos. What else have you had to think about over the last few weeks...apart…
Iona Bain When I started my blog six years ago, nobody was really talking about how the downturn would affect young people. I remember reading the occasional newspaper column that…
Anca Voinea Meeting the needs of the modern consumer while addressing ageing memberships remain two key challenges for credit unions in Britain. According to recent research by BNY Mellon in collaboration…
Iona Bain You're away from home for the first time with a slender student loan and spending temptations all around. What could possibly go wrong? The average student burns through £3,304…
Iona Bain The Brexit vote may be causing interest rates on loans to fall through the floor, but, sadly, for students and graduates there is one exception. Rates on…
This is one of the most popular guides on the Young Money blog and with good reason. It explains the pitfalls of transitioning from a student account to a graduate…
Have you left picking your student account to the last minute? Panic not: here is my definitive guide to getting the best deal. Banks have been downgrading the freebies you get…
UNWANTED PEER PRESSURE The government’s Starter Homes initiative to encourage more new homes to be built on brownfield sites, and help first-time buyers by offering a 20% discount on them,…
Iona Bain THE PACKHORSE GENERATION This afternoon the House of Commons voted on a Labour motion calling on the government to reverse its decision to end maintenance grants for students.…
Amid high profile strikes by junior doctors, let's not forget about the hardship faced by Britain's young nurses Iona Bain At this time when everyone’s attention is drawn to the…
Helen Lawless This week young people all over the country got their A-levels results, and it got me thinking about the dilemmas faced by prospective and current university students, as…
Iona Bain Your exam results are finally through and depending on how they turned out, you may be on top of the world…or coming back to earth with a bump.…
Iona Bain Going up to uni this Autumn? You may be - understandably - worried about the price tag for your degree. Or perhaps you've recently graduated and want to know how…
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…
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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