About Me
Hi, I’m Jamie.
I write about personal finance the way I wish someone had explained it to me: plainly, honestly, and without a hidden sales pitch. No jargon, no brand deals, no manufactured urgency. Just what actually works.
The Origin
Finance felt like a closed club.
Growing up, money was never talked about openly. Credit cards were either “dangerous” or “for rich people.” Nobody explained that the same Amex a banker uses to earn business-class flights could be in your wallet, if you just knew how it worked.
I started researching obsessively. Reward points, cashback structures, sign-up bonuses, credit score mechanics: the stuff that feels opaque until someone breaks it down. Jamie’s Finance is that breakdown, for anyone who didn’t grow up with a financial adviser in the family.
There’s a stoic principle I return to often: you can’t control the market, but you can control how informed you are. That’s the philosophy behind everything here.
What I Cover
The cards in your wallet could be working harder.
Amex Gold, Monzo, and a MacBook. The everyday toolkit behind the content.
How I Work & How I Make Money
Affiliate links, earned honestly.
I never take brand deals or sponsored posts. The only way a product appears on this site is if I’ve reviewed it on its own merits and concluded it’s genuinely worth recommending. Then I look for an affiliate link afterwards.
That ordering matters. The review comes first. The link is found after. Nobody pays me to write about their product. If there’s a better option than the one I earn commission on, I’ll point you to that one instead.
Every brand I work with is one I contacted myself, after using their product and deciding it was the best option available. All of my partnerships are outbound, not inbound. No brand has ever pitched me, and that’s deliberate.
It’s a slower way to build a site. But it’s the only way I can stand behind every recommendation here.
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Practical guides, honest card reviews, and the reward points strategies no one explains clearly enough.