Learning Aim A: Personal & Business Finance Flashcards
This refers to anything that allows the value of something to be expressed in an understandable way, and in a way that allows the value of items to be compared.
Unit of Account
Money that has a legal sanction by the government behind it is called legal tender means money under the law of land
Legal Tender
The importance of money may change depending on certain life events. For instance when you first buy a home, the role money plays in your life may now be more important.
Role of Money - Life Events
The state of the economy and the jobs market may mean that money plays and bigger or less valuable part of your life. These external influences are out of your control but still impact the role money plays.
Role of money - external influences
Needs of people in their old age? Use of pensions and any savings. People in this age bracket may downgrade to a smaller home.
Life Stages
Knowing what money is coming in and going out is important as it ensures you are not overspending and therefore avoids debt.
Financial Planning - Avoiding Debt
By planning expenditure you are aware of your expenses and can control costs by making adjustments to your finances
Financial Planning - Controlling Costs
A consequence of not planning expenditure is that you could overstretch your finances and become unable to pay bills. This could then lead to legal action to reclaim the cost of unpaid items or repossession of an item eg house.
Financial planning - avoiding repossession
A written order to a bank to pay a stated amount from an individuals account to another.
Cheque
This is an instruction from you to your bank or building society. It authorises the organisation you want to pay to collect varying amounts from your account
Direct Debt
This is a way of setting up a regular, fixed payment from your bank account.
Standing Order
Allows money to be transferred by touching the card on a contactless terminal.
Contactless Payment
A card used to make purchases now and pay for them later.
Credit Card
This is a type of bank account that keeps your money secure and helps you manage your finances.
Current Account
This account has a monthly fee in return for additional benefits such as breakdown cover, cashback on purchases, home insurance and payment protection. These may not always be value for money.
Premium Bank Account
An account designed to benefit students. Especially useful for students attending university as they provide interest free overdrafts, rail cards and discounts off eating out.
Student Bank Account
This current account is mainly used by people who have a poor credit rating and struggle to open a standard account. It has limited facilities and no overdraft available.
Basic Bank Account
Allows you to borrow money for a specific purpose such as improving your home or buying a car. They are a longer term form of borrowing for higher priced items
Personal Loan
A hire purchase is an arrangement where a customer agrees to a contract to buy an asset by paying off the amount in regular instalments.
Hire Purchase
This is a long term loan for example paid back over 30 years. The loan is secured against an asset such as a house.
Mortgage
A short term source of finance that is available over a very short period of time with very high amounts of interest.
Payday Loan
The main difference between an ISA and any other savings account is that it offers tax-free interest payments,
ISA (Individual Savings Account)
This is an investment product issued by National Savings and Investment (NS&I).
Premium Bonds