Smart Spending & Lending

Your friendly guide for smart saving ideas, clever lending tips, and ways to support your mates. 

From the team behind Chipkie - the platform that helps you lend and loan money to friends and family with no stress, just good karma. 

Lending Money Tips

Documenting money already lent starts with genuine evidence, a shared balance and the actual signing date. Follow a practical checklist before you sign.

Money & Relationships

Handle family loan hardship with a clear payment change, a revised schedule, and agreed interest treatment. See how to record the plan together.

Financial Guides

Check family loan bad debt relief in the UK: review trading use, unpaid principal and recovery evidence before assuming a personal loan qualifies. Get clarity.

Kids & Money

Bridging the income gap on statutory pay? See how a family loan for parental leave works, what to put in writing and how repayment is agreed. Find out how.

Saving Money Hacks

Discover how the family financial help gap affects UK households in 2026 and explore practical strategies to bridge the divide. See what you need to know.

Chipkie Chatter

Explore family lending statistics from 70 confirmed Chipkie loan records, with interest, payment frequency and clear sample limits. Read the 2026 snapshot.

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