Tagged: savings

December 21, 2023 @ 7:41 pm By Michael Wong  |  

Saudi Arabian fintech savings platform Hakbah has successfully raised $5.1 million in a Series A funding round, a substantial boost for the savings platform’s growth and innovation strategies. The round was anchored by venture capital firm VentureSouq and backed by new investors M-Capital and Bunat… Read More

December 20, 2023 @ 9:57 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Pension savers choosing fossil-fuel free pension plans are likely to have seen higher returns during 2023 than those in mainstream default plans, according to analysis by PensionBee, an online pension provider. Comparing the MSCI ACWI ex. Fossil Fuels Index, which “excludes oil and gas producers,… Read More

December 19, 2023 @ 10:22 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Betterment at Work, a provider of modern financial benefits for today’s diverse workforce, today released a new survey on the state of retirement readiness across the U.S. workforce. The report, which tracks year-over-year trends “from 2022, polled 1,000 full-time U.S. employees to examine how retirement… Read More

December 5, 2023 @ 10:02 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Smart Pension, one of the UK’s workplace pension schemes, has been appointed to provide a workplace pension by ISS UK, the nation’s workplace experience and facility management company. The appointment reportedly “represents some 19,000 active and 43,000 deferred employees and £200m in Assets Under Management.”… Read More

November 16, 2023 @ 5:14 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Robinhood (NASDAQ: HOOD)  is raising interest rates once again for Gold members, which is reportedly 8x higher than “the national average savings rate.” As noted in a blog post, the platform is raising the Robinhood Gold rate again – this time to 5.0% APY, their… Read More

November 15, 2023 @ 8:46 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Pegasystems Inc. (NASDAQ: PEGA), the low-code platform provider empowering the world’s leading enterprises to Build for Change, announced that Shawbrook, a UK-based specialist savings and lending bank, has deployed Pega Platform “to transform its buy-to-let mortgage underwriting process.” Shawbrook continues to “invest in its unique… Read More

November 15, 2023 @ 9:07 am By Omar Faridi  |  

N26 announced an important extension to its product portfolio with the launch of a flexible Instant Savings account. From today, customers in Germany can “benefit from up to 2.6% interest p.a. with transparent conditions, and without deposit limits or additional costs involved.” The overnight savings… Read More

October 24, 2023 @ 7:34 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Allica Bank claims that it is “exposing” a “hidden” £7.5 billion a year savings penalty on the country’s hard-pressed SMEs – and is calling “on the wider banking industry to give SMEs a better deal.” While the cost-of-living crisis has led to significant pressure on… Read More

October 19, 2023 @ 11:04 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Analysis by PensionBee, an online pension provider, has found that putting a pay rise in a pension now can “lead to a bigger rise in annual retirement income later on.” Regular pay including bonuses in the UK “rose 8.5% in the year to July 2023,… Read More

October 12, 2023 @ 8:46 am By Omar Faridi  |  

cahoot, the UK-based online bank, has increased the interest offered on its Simple Saver account. cahoot Simple Saver (issue 2) now “pays customers 5.12% AER/gross variable rate interest for 12 months, on balances up to £500,0001.” Simple Saver (issue 2) is described as an easy… Read More

October 5, 2023 @ 11:16 am By JD Alois  |  

  Chase and Bank of America are the big losers when it comes to providing a savings rate for their account holders. Currently both Chase and B of A offer a interest rate on their savings account of a measly 0.01% (APY). What do you… Read More

October 2, 2023 @ 8:52 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Parents could help provide more than £300,000 in pension wealth for their kids by the time they reach retirement age “by contributing to their child’s pension from the age of 18,” according to new research shared by PensionBee. As concern grows around the sustainability of… Read More

September 27, 2023 @ 4:55 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Vestwell, the employer and individual savings platform, announced New Jersey has selected the company as its program administrator for the Secure Choice Savings Program. The partnership will provide New Jersey residents access “to modern retirement plans through their employers and marks Vestwell’s seventh state-facilitated retirement… Read More

September 26, 2023 @ 8:40 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Standard Life, part of Phoenix Group, which claims to be the UK’s largest long-term savings and retirement business, has partnered with Moneyhub, the Open Banking and Open Finance platform, to deliver its pensions dashboard. This marks the first UK provider to commit to offering a… Read More

September 25, 2023 @ 12:33 pm By JD Alois  |  

Raisin, a German Fintech that has built a marketplace for savings vehicles allowing users to find the best rates available, is reporting “record growth” during a period of super high interest rates. The European Central Bank, the Bank of England, and the US Federal Reserve… Read More

September 25, 2023 @ 9:23 am By Omar Faridi  |  

The Swiss National Bank (SNB) announced today that it is not currently making any changes to the policy rate. However, PostFinance is continuing to “enable its customers to participate in the positive interest rate environment and is increasing the interest rate on the retirement savings… Read More

September 24, 2023 @ 10:21 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Starling Bank is raising the interest rate on its 1-Year Fixed Saver from 5.25% to 5.53% AER/Gross. Effective from Thursday 21 September 2023, Starling Bank customers “choosing the Fixed Saver will receive a return of 5.53% on balances of £2,000 – £1 million locked in… Read More

September 19, 2023 @ 8:15 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Gatehouse Bank, the Shariah-compliant challenger bank, has released new research demonstrating that the UK’s money mindset is shifting towards saving. The research looked at UK adults’ attitudes towards money, “assessing the key factors that influence them, why they look to save or spend their money… Read More

September 1, 2023 @ 12:17 am By JD Alois  |  

The UK Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has announced it will analyze “lenders’ fair value assessments” to determine if they are providing consumers with appropriate savings products. Earlier this year, the FCA commented on the spread between what banks receive in interest rate returns and what… Read More

August 31, 2023 @ 8:59 am By Omar Faridi  |  

LHV Bank, the UK’s newest licenced bank, announces a new partnership with the online savings platform Raisin UK. This move marks LHV Bank‘s first step into the personal savings market “ahead of the planned launch of its direct-to-consumer savings offering in 2024.” Erki Kilu, CEO… Read More