Nearly half of Brits have saved money from using banking apps, crediting instant access to statements, savings goals and payment reminders for helping them to save cash. Interest in challenger banks on the rise, with nearly 1 in 5 (18%) using a challenger bank or app, and a further 25% interested in doing so.
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Budgeting Apps “Lead To Overspending”
Contrary to popular belief, research suggests that budgeting apps have been shown to have the opposite result to that intended, and in reality drive overspending
DrnkPay: Payments System Aims To Stop Drunken Spending
DrnkPay is an app which promises to connect your credit and debit cards to a breathalyser or biosensor wearable to stop drunken spending.
MoneyDashboard Launches New iOS & Android Apps
Mobile money manager MoneyDashboard has released new versions of its app for both iOS and Android devices.
Saving App PiggyPot Goes Public
PiggyPot, a new saving app for iOS, has launched on the app store in “public beta”, which allows users to start using the app for real and to provide feedback to the developers, highlighting issues and suggesting future functionality.
Budgeting iPhone App Pennies Updated
Since the launch of Pennies for Apple Watch in April, budgeting app developer Emile Bennett has been hard at work putting together the biggest Pennies update so far.
Driving Apps To Help Cut Your Car Insurance
There’s been a growth in the number of car insurers offering driving apps which aim to prove you’re a safe driver and consequently cut the cost of your car insurance.
goHenry’s New Features Aim To Make Saving A Habit For Young People
goHenry – the family banking tool that empowers young people between the ages of 8 and 18 to save, spend and learn about money – has announced a new feature which aims to help children and teens to easily budget and save.
Paranoid Spenders: 43% of Britons Check Online Banking Twice a Day
New research by a money saving website has revealed that over two in five Britons check their online banking and banking apps at least twice a day. Almost half of these revealed that they did so to ‘watch out for fraud,’ whilst three quarters (76%) felt they needed to ‘regularly track spending’.
Pennies: New Budgeting iPhone App
This week sees the release of a stylish new budgeting app for iPhone.