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Banking Apps “Save Brits Average of £173 a Month”

Posted on April 13, 2021September 8, 2022 by Rob Lewis - Leave a comment
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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.

Tagged apps, banking, fintech

Budgeting Apps “Lead To Overspending”

Posted on January 13, 2021January 13, 2021 by Rob Lewis - Leave a comment
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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

Tagged apps, budgeting, financial management

DrnkPay: Payments System Aims To Stop Drunken Spending

Posted on May 15, 2017 by Rob Lewis - Leave a comment
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DrnkPay is an app which promises to connect your credit and debit cards to a breathalyser or biosensor wearable to stop drunken spending.

Tagged apps, spending

MoneyDashboard Launches New iOS & Android Apps

Posted on September 5, 2016 by Rob Lewis - Leave a comment

Mobile money manager MoneyDashboard has released new versions of its app for both iOS and Android devices.

Tagged apps, MoneyDashboard

Saving App PiggyPot Goes Public

Posted on June 20, 2016February 19, 2017 by Rob Lewis - Leave a comment
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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.

Tagged apps, PiggyPot, saving

Budgeting iPhone App Pennies Updated

Posted on July 31, 2015July 30, 2015 by Rob Lewis - Leave a comment

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.

Tagged apps, budgeting, iphone, Pennies

Driving Apps To Help Cut Your Car Insurance

Posted on July 30, 2015July 29, 2015 by Rob Lewis - Leave a comment

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.

Tagged apps, cars, driving, Insurance

goHenry’s New Features Aim To Make Saving A Habit For Young People

Posted on January 14, 2015 by Rob Lewis - 1 Comment

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.

Tagged apps, Children, goHenry, saving, Tools

Paranoid Spenders: 43% of Britons Check Online Banking Twice a Day

Posted on November 19, 2014 by Rob Lewis - Leave a comment

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’.

Tagged apps, banking

Pennies: New Budgeting iPhone App

Posted on October 7, 2014 by Rob Lewis - Leave a comment

This week sees the release of a stylish new budgeting app for iPhone.

Tagged apps, budgeting, iphone, mobile

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