Kalpana Fitzpatrick

Financial Journalist

United Kingdom

Financial journalist/editor covering personal finance. Work covers national newspapers, women magazines, TV, radio and a number of other high profile publications, both online and print. Public speaker and money expert.

Portfolio
Cosmopolitan
04/28/2021
How to invest money like a pro

If you've been saving lately, you may have noticed that your hard-earned cash is earning little or no interest, meaning your money is not growing. But here's the thing: as the cost of living increases, your money needs to grow with it.

Prima
11/02/2020
The gift that keeps on giving

How to give money to children, other than just cash. From Junior ISAs, pocket money apps to collectables, Kalpana Fitzpatrick looks at how to gift money to children.

Good Housekeeping
02/01/2021
How to ace a financial plan

Why financial planning matters and how to do it. I speak to four financial planners.

Red Online
01/13/2021
How to make money from your wardrobe

Most of us wear less than half the clothes we own, so why not make money from the rest by tapping into the online market for preloved fashion by selling your clothes online?

Open-money
Teaching Financial Education at Home | OpenMoney

If there's one thing lockdown has achieved, that's my children's elevated interest in money. Both my husband and I are financial journalists, so in one way another, we are always talking about finances - conversations around investing, saving, budgeting, pensions, debt and so are pretty normal.

Good Housekeeping
06/07/2021
Looking for love? How to spot the signs of romance scams when dating

People looking for love could risk losing as much as £8,000 if they fall victim to a scam. According to new data from UK Finance, prevalent romance scams during the pandemic went up by 20%. UK Finance, which represents banks and building societies found that there was a 20% increase in fraudulent bank transfers between January 2020 and November 2020.