News about Money

World

Man must pay back 170,000 euros wrongly placed into his account

Foreigner.fi/dpa 8/24/20

He spent 92,00 euros, of which 15,000 euros he gambled away in the casino and 18,500 euros in brothels.

National

TOOK A BANK LOAN

Kulmuni returns to taxpayers the €50,000 spent on her training

Cesar Calvar 7/3/20

"I have applied for a loan from my bank," and "I have no savings," says the former Minister of Finance. She resigned 5 June over an scandal of alleged misuse of public funds.

Work & Study

Government extends support for startups to 18 months

Foreigner.fi 4/24/20

The proposal also includes changes to prevent jobseekers from losing their entitlement to unemployment benefits.

Coronavirus

China disinfects and destroys money to stop coronavirus

Foreigner.fi 2/19/20

The fight against the spread of Covid-19 also involves sending new banknotes to the most affected areas and suspend physical money transfers

Work & Study

Posti appointed new CEO with a salary of 37,500 euros per month

Foreigner.fi 2/7/20

Turkka Kuusisto held the position of interim CEO since the resignation of Heikki Malinen in October 2019. Malinen resigned in the middle of an industrial action against…

National

Second police alert in 2 weeks: counterfeit money circulating in Finland

Foreigner.fi 1/30/20

Fake banknotes have been offered in small shops and food stores.

Work & Study

Salaries sum grew by 3.2% year-on-year

Foreigner.fi 11/13/19

The wages and salaries increased more in the private sector than in the public sector.

Business

Immigrants transferred 70 million euros to non-EU countries

Foreigner.fi 11/12/19

The extra-EU inflows to Finland accounted for 23 million euros, so the result was a deficit of 47 million euros.

Lifestyle

Finnish households spend half of their money on housing, transport and food

Foreigner.fi 7/3/19

Household expenditure was mostly devoted to housing in all EU Member States except Estonia, Lithuania and Romania, where 'Food' was most important, and Cyprus and Malta, where it was…

Lifestyle

The Finnish towns that will pay you 10,000 euros for having a child

Foreigner.fi 5/3/19

If you want to get some extra money for your family and at the same time do a good service to the Finnish nation, then memorize the names of these places

Business

How to detect a fake banknote

Foreigner.fi 2/22/19

According to the European Central Bank, over 260,000 false banknotes were withdrawn from circulation in the second half of 2018.

Moving to Finland

How much money refugees get from the Finnish state?

Foreigner.fi 12/9/18

Asylum seekers in Finland may benefit from a Reception Allowance paid by the state. The amounts depend on factors such us the age, the family situation and even the type of centre where the…