Tagged: personal finance

April 21, 2020 @ 10:06 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Clare Reilly, head of corporate development at PensionBee, a London-based personal finance company, has noted that the present economic challenges and conditions could lead to individuals paying more attention to their retirement and pension plans. There’s been a significant decline in the amount saved in… Read More

March 5, 2020 @ 1:16 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Brazil-based neobank Nubank is reportedly planning to introduce an annual commission-free Nu credit card to customers in Mexico. There’s already a waitlist of 30,000 potential users, according to TechCrunch.  Mexico was notably the first major market that Nubank expanded to outside of its headquarters in… Read More

December 17, 2019 @ 9:18 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Nummo, a personal financial management platform based in Switzerland, announced on Tuesday it is set to offer access to savings accounts through Deposit Solutions’ platform. “With the help of Deposit Solutions, Nummo will be going beyond the standard features of budgeting, retirement planning and debt… Read More

August 1, 2018 @ 3:45 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Wirex, a hybrid personal finance platform that merges blockchain tech and traditional finance, announced last week that users can buy, sell, exchange, and deposit XRP cryptocurrency using the Wirex mobile app. Founded in 2014, Wirex currently has 1.5 million customers in more than 120 countries… Read More

July 24, 2018 @ 2:19 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Money Dashboard, a UK-based online personal financial management service, announced on Tuesday it has added Starling Bank to its list of supported providers. According to Money Dashboard, Starling Bank is the first of many open banking powered connections that Money Dashboard will be adding in… Read More

July 3, 2018 @ 2:33 am By Erin Hobey  |  

Plum’s second crowdfunding raise on Seedrs is proving to be just as successful as its first £925K campaign. Plum, an artificial intelligence (AI) chatbot for personal finance, returned to Seedrs in late June seeking an additional £850,000 in funding. Funds from the latest Seedrs round will be used to… Read More

February 13, 2018 @ 1:48 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

MoneyLion, the mobile personal finance platform, announced on Tuesday it has reached two million customer milestone. This news comes just one month after the platform secured $42 million through its Series B funding round, which was led by Edison Partners, with participation from FinTech Collective,  GRUPO Sura,… Read More

October 6, 2017 @ 12:29 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Digital wealth manager Moneyfarm announced on Thursday it has acquired the technology behind personal finance chatbot Ernest. The company claimed it is the first wealth manager to explore the use of a personal finance chatbot to help individuals manage money and investments. Moneyfarm stated it is… Read More

September 21, 2017 @ 4:00 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

On Wednesday, personal finance app Clarity Money announced it has reached 500,000 users in less than seven months after launching on iOS. The app, which launched in January 2017, reportedly analyzed over $60 billion in transaction for customers and saved its users who interact with… Read More

July 28, 2017 @ 11:05 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Acorns, a micro-investing app, announced on Friday its partnership with Adam Dell’s Clarity Money, the personal finance app that acts as the “Champion of your Money.” According to Acorns,  through this new partnership, Clarity Money customers may easily become Acorns investors and take advantage of… Read More

June 29, 2017 @ 1:10 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Spanish personal finance management app company, Fintonic, announced earlier this week that it has attracted €25 million through its Series B funding round, which included investments from ING Group and insurance group PSN. Founded in May 2012, Fintonic describes itself as mobile banking for the… Read More