personal finance

PFM App NerdWallet Thins Out Staff Due To Lack Of Revenue Growth
PFM App NerdWallet Thins Out Staff Due To Lack Of Revenue Growth
November 17, 2017  |  Personnel

Personal finance startup NerdWallet laid off 53 people on Thursday – about 11 percent of its workforce – due to its failure to hit profitability...

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Over 50 Percent Of Americans Have Less Than 1K In Savings
Over 50 Percent Of Americans Have Less Than 1K In Savings
September 14, 2017  |  Consumer Finance

A new survey has found that more than half of Americans have less than $1,000 in their savings accounts. GOBankingRates released the results of their...

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Honeyfi: Love — And Better Budgeting — Can Keep Millennials Together
Honeyfi: Love — And Better Budgeting — Can Keep Millennials Together
August 17, 2017  |  Mobile Applications

Money, as most people well know, cannot actually buy love or happiness. This fact, of course, breaks our hearts as payments experts — as we prefer everything in...

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Times Are A Changin’: Capital One Closes Level Money Budgeting App
Times Are A Changin’: Capital One Closes Level Money Budgeting App
August 08, 2017  |  Mobile Applications

Capital One is shuttering its Level Money personal finance management app, given the changes in the marketplace that ushered in a slew of tools to...

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Prosper Gets Rid Of App Designed To Protect Identities
Prosper Gets Rid Of App Designed To Protect Identities
August 01, 2017  |  Fraud Prevention

Prosper Marketplace, the online lender, is reportedly getting rid of its Prosper Daily mobile app, which enabled customers to monitor their personal finances, like credit...

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Mobile Investments To Reach 1B Trades With Acorns
Mobile Investments To Reach 1B Trades With Acorns
July 21, 2017  |  Investments

The financial services space has many players in the field moving money throughout the stock exchange. Like a well-oiled machine, stocks are traded all day,...

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Wells Fargo Launching Mobile App Feature So Users Can Track Subscriptions
Wells Fargo Launching Mobile App Feature So Users Can Track Subscriptions
July 20, 2017  |  Mobile Applications

Wells Fargo is launching a feature on its mobile app that will allow its customers to find where they’ve shared their payment information and whether...

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In Land Of Free Banking Apps, Red Ink And Investor Support Only Go So Far
In Land Of Free Banking Apps, Red Ink And Investor Support Only Go So Far
July 14, 2017  |  Banking

Upstarts are trying to eat traditional banks’ lunch, especially in Europe. But the field is a crowded one, awash in red ink. Will the capital pie...

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Wahed, Halal FinTech Startup, Lands $5M In Seed Funding To Help Religious Muslims Invest
Wahed, Halal FinTech Startup, Lands $5M In Seed Funding To Help Religious Muslims Invest
June 07, 2017  |  Investments

Wahed, the investment firm focused on religious Muslims, has landed $5 million in seed funding, which it plans to use to provide the nuanced advice...

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