How Thinking Small Can Equal Big
It’s sometimes hard to accomplish our big goals but that’s no reason not to keep going after them. Meet those big goals by setting smaller sub-goals.
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Money Lessons I Learned From Mom
Mothers are miracle workers, teachers, chefs, nurses, and so much more. But did you realize that your mom is also a financial adviser? We often don’t like the advice when we get it but more often than not, it does come in handy. They are usually buried deep within us until we’re all grown up and …
Supporting Jamaica’s Future through Football
Occasionally running his fingers through his trademark silver hair, Jamaica’s national football team coach, Winfried Schäfer, regaled us with tales from his years in the Bundesliga, Africa and the Emirates. His broken English was punctuated by our laughter at stories of rich sheikhs and fanatical supporters. The occasion was the launch of the VMBS/St. James …
6 Steps to Raising Financially Savvy Kids
What age did you get the ‘money-talk’ from your parents? Did you have one at all? I’m that stage in life when you start to mumble your age and develop an obsession with sunblock, but I’m still waiting on one from mine. As for my colleagues, a quick office poll revealed that, 75% of us …
We’ve Cut the Ribbon to Another VM Wealth Client Centre
We’re so proud to have opened another Victoria Mutual Wealth Management Client Centre, this time in the bustling Montego Bay Fairview Shopping Centre. The second VM Wealth Client Centre to have opened this year, this one offers the people of St James a modern and comfortable space to sit with our Wealth Advisors and really get down to business. It’s been an exciting year for …
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28 Great Ways You Can Start Saving More Today
Think you can’t possibly save more? We’re here to tell you – OH YES, YOU CAN! One of the greatest obstacles to successful money management is negative thinking, so from now on … positive thoughts only. We’re arming you with 28 great tips for saving a bit more of your hard-earned cash every day. Print …
VMBS Money Transfer Services: Connecting Lives
It’s just past 5 a.m., the sun hasn’t risen yet but Andrea is up washing uniforms for her daughter, Danielle, with days to go before the new school term. She’s a hard worker but times are tough, and she finds that she needs some assistance every now and then. Fortunately her uncle is happy to …
Needs, Wants and the ‘Happiness Scale’
We’ve all been given that speech by our parents, or taught by our teachers in primary school Integrated Studies, about the difference between need and want. A need is something you have to have, and a want is what you’d like to have. Needs occupy a generally accepted list of three: food, shelter and clothing …
Our AGM Highlights
Our Annual General Meeting was held on July 31, 2014 to discuss the Group’s performance in 2013 and the plans for 2014. For Members who missed it, here are a quick summary and some photos: Despite the challenges of our nation’s economy in 2013, the Victoria Mutual Group’s surplus, after taxes, came in at J$960 million; …
A Legacy of Giving – VMBS St James U-13 Football Competition
The Game Plan Nearly two and a half decades ago, in 1990, a partnership was forged between Victoria Mutual Building Society (VMBS) and the St James Football Association with the objective of developing the skills of the talented youngsters who play football in the Western region of the island. It was the coming together of …
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