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Personal Finance
Study: Average Worker Spends $8,467 on Commuting Costs Each Year
How much time per year do you spend driving to or from work? On top of that, how much does commuting cost you on an annual basis? If you're like the majority of workers, the answer could be as much as hundreds of hours and thousands of dollars, as a new study highlights. According to data compiled by Clever — using figures from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, the...
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Canadian FinTech Neo Raises $185 Million at Unicorn Valuation
One of Canada's fastest-growing FinTech players is celebrating another milestone. This week, Neo Financial announced that it had closed a $185 million round. The Series C was led by Valar Ventures with participation from Tribe Capital, Altos Ventures, Maple VC, Blank Ventures, Gaingels, and Knollwood Investment Advisor. Notably, the round was raised at a valuation of over $1 billion, securing Neo's "unicorn" status (at least in Canadian dollars). To date,...
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Robinhood Rolling Out Stock Lending Feature
Robinhood users who want to potentially get some extra return from their investment holdings may soon have the opportunity to do just that. This week, the app announced the launch of a new Stock Lending feature. According to a blog post on the company's site, this option will allow investors to earn passive income by lending out their holdings. When users opt into the program, Robinhood will match up lenders...
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Money at 30: What Are You Waiting For with Your Credit Card Rewards?
Over the past few years, I've written a lot about credit cards, with an emphasis on the rewards and benefits they can offer. Yet, while I've continually tried to improve how efficiently I'm earning points and cashback, it occurs to me that I haven't actually spent many of these rewards (aside from using some for a hotel reservation I later canceled and trying out Chase's Pay Yourself Back program). Flash...
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Truist Bank Acquires Long Game Mobile Savings App
After many years and evolutions, the prize-linked savings platform Long Game is entering a new phase after being purchased by one of the largest banks in the United States. Today, Truist Bank announced that it had acquired the gamified savings app. Terms of the deal were not disclosed, but Long Game has previously raised $17 million in funding. According to Truist, the bank plans to leverage the app's technology in...
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Emma App Review
If you were to snatch my smartphone and scroll through my many pages of applications, you’d probably notice a bit of a trend. Among the various games and standards like YouTube, Instagram, and Timehop, you’d find several personal finance apps ranging from cashback vehicles to budgeting tools. That’s why I’m always excited to learn about new apps to review. Lucky for me, a few years ago I received an email...
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