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Review: Singlife Account – 2.5% pa on Your Savings, No Hoops?! Plus Free Insurance!
By Sethisfy  •  March 13, 2020
I’m beginning to really like Singlife. For starters, applying for their insurance policies can be done entirely online. I don’t have to meet my clients, they don’t have to see my ugly mug, and we get policies signed and dusted with maximum efficiency. Now, they’re really flexing their online chops as Singapore’s leading digital insurer by offering… a savings account (of sorts) that offers 2.5% pa return on your money. No hoops to jump through; no need for salary crediting, card spend, or buying any insurance or investment product. Technically, this is an insurance product instead of a bank account. What I think is going on is that instead of applying a digital banking license, all Singlife did was to offer an insurance policy that behaved like a savings account to sidestep those regulatory requirements. But hey, if it walks like a duck and quacks like...
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By Sethisfy
As an adult, I’ve been through many ups and downs in my career path and personal finance journey, not unlike many Singaporeans. From my years as a tied insurance agent turned independent financial adviser, I realised that there are very few sources of proper, unbiased financial advice for working adults to access. Worse, self-styled “financial consultants” are selling products like savings plans and ILPs to the detriment of the clients whose interests they were supposed to serve.
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