Tagged: budgeting

July 14, 2023 @ 6:41 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Jirav, which claims to be an all-in-one financial planning and analysis (FP&A) solution, and the “preferred” budgeting and forecasting partner of CPA.com, announced $20M in Series B funding led by Cota Capital. Jirav will use the funds “to further accelerate product development, broaden its customer… Read More

April 26, 2023 @ 10:07 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Buddy, the budgeting app for Gen Zers with 3M users worldwide, has integrated with Plaid, an open finance service provider, in order “to provide Buddy users with the ability to securely connect their financial accounts and automatically track their spending.” Buddy claims it is “entirely… Read More

April 19, 2023 @ 4:16 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

To help keep more money in consumers’ wallets and bring financial power to all, Experian is partnering with nationally-recognized consumer finance and budgeting professional Andrea Woroch in order “to share financial tips and create awareness about a variety of Experian resources that can help consumers… Read More

March 4, 2023 @ 11:02 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Buddy, which claims to be one of the most popular budgeting apps in the world for Gen Zers and young people, has partnered with Klarna Kosma, Klarna Kosma, Klarna’s financial technology platform for banks, fintechs and innovative retailers, “to allow Buddy users to connect their… Read More

October 12, 2022 @ 10:16 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

During times of unprecedented inflation in the Eurozone, bunq, which claims to be the second largest neobank in the EU, has observed a cross-country trend of younger European consumers being severely impacted by the ongoing cost-of-living crisis. The neobank’s clients in different European Union nations… Read More

July 8, 2022 @ 7:54 am By Omar Faridi  |  

  London Fintech Plum, Europe’s personal finance app, has introduced a debit card “to help its customers take control of their finances.” The card is Plum’s first move into spending, “consolidating its position as a comprehensive money app.” Designed to complement Plum’s budgeting features and… Read More

July 5, 2022 @ 2:52 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Floan, a budgeting tool that aims to help people travel, by “offering point of sale finance” for flights, has raised 115% (£92,280) of its £80,010 target (at the time of writing) from 68 investors with 24 days left in the firm’s crowdfunding campaign, carried out… Read More

June 14, 2022 @ 8:15 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Starling Bank has upgraded its Spending Insights tool in order to help consumers with improving their money management skills. Thirty-six new spending categories have been introduced, “giving customers instant access to monthly spending data across each category.” Starling is also rolling out a search capability… Read More

April 4, 2022 @ 10:27 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Brightflag, the AI-enhanced legal operations platform, recently released several updates designed “to address the complex and varied budgeting requirements of corporate legal departments.” In combination with existing department-level budgeting and forecasting features, Brightflag’s versatile new matter-level controls “afford in-house legal professionals complete visibility and proactive… Read More

March 20, 2021 @ 4:41 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Divvy, a modern payment and expense management platform for businesses, which notably secured $165 million through its Series D funding round, has published a blog post that looks into how small businesses can settle their tax payments. Divvy confirms in its blog post that the… Read More

March 8, 2021 @ 10:12 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Egypt’s Fintech firm NowPay, which offers financial wellness solutions, has entered into an MoU with the Export Development Bank of Egypt (EBE). Established in 2019, NowPay has been launched to help reduce workers’ financial stress by improving the key pillars of financial wellness for employees:… Read More

February 13, 2021 @ 6:35 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

The team at UK challenger bank Starling notes that it may be argued that “financial anxiety” is a by-product of the way that we respond to a particular situation, and not necessarily a result of the actual situation. Starling says that focusing more on what… Read More

January 14, 2021 @ 10:25 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Research carried out by Think Forward Initiative and Eller College of Management, University of Arizona reveals that so-called budgeting apps are actually causing consumers to spend more money instead of helping them develop good savings habits. The design of a budgeting app usually involves showing… Read More

December 24, 2020 @ 3:15 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

  Kestrl, a UK-based mobile budgeting app, has successfully secured its initial £160,000 funding target through its equity crowdfunding campaign on Seedrs. Founded earlier this year, Kestrl’s vision is to help users to combine their financial goals in life with their personal values, in order… Read More

August 6, 2020 @ 7:57 am By Omar Faridi  |  

London-based Sync., a bank account aggregation and personal financial management service established by Ricky Lee, who’s Revolut’s former head of product design and strategy, has secured £5.5 million through a seed funding round as the company plans to further expand its operations into European. Sync…. Read More

August 3, 2020 @ 10:06 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Neobank Aidbanc, which launched operations last year, is reportedly planning to assist NGOs by providing them with digital banking and spend management software that they need to deliver financial aid. The proper distribution of financial aid can have a significant positive impact on the lives… Read More