Personal Finance
Personal finance and money management can be very confusing. Most people know that optimizing their finances is important but few feel confident that they have the knowledge to do so.
At Fioney we stay on top of the latest economic trends, financial products, and money management strategies in order to provide the knowledge to help you use the money you have today to live the life you want.
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Chase Closing Down Its Finn Mobile Bank App
Back in October 2017, JP Morgan Chase announced the launch of a Millennial-targeted mobile bank called Finn. In addition to offering customers access to Chase ATMs and allowing them to deposit checks, it also had some unique features such as the ability to rate transactions using emojis. Now, 18 months later, the bank account that…
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SEC Suing Kik Over “Kin” Initial Coin Offering
It seems that the United States Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) is cracking down on initial coin offerings (ICOs). As Bloomberg reports, the agency is now suing the popular messaging app Kik over the 2017 launch of “Kin.” That ICO reportedly raised $100 million for the app, but the SEC says the token amounted to…
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Money at 30: “I Will Teach You To Be Rich (2nd Edition)” Book Review
Ever since I started paying attention to personal finance blogs, it was pretty much a foregone conclusion that Ramit Sethi’s I Will Teach You to Be Rich would be included on any given list of the best books to read. More recently, Sethi has popped up repeatedly in my life, being announced as a guest…
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Wealthfront Raises Cash Account APY to 2.51%
Last week the robo-advisor platform Wealthfront announced that it was increasing the interest rate on its Cash Account to 2.51% — up from 2.29%. According to Bankrate, that makes the offering the “top-yielding account nationwide.”
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President Trump Announces New Tariffs on Goods From Mexico
Another week, another round of trade news. On Thursday night, President Trump announced that his administration would be imposing new tariffs on Mexican imports that are set to take effect in just a couple of weeks. What’s more, unlike the more targetted tariffs on Chinese goods that apply to specific types of items, Axios reports…
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FinTech Zero Raises $20 Million for Its Credit/Debit Hybrid Card
It looks like another FinTech firm is set to help change the way Millennials manage their money thanks to an injection of venture capital. As TechCrunch reports, this week Zero announced it had raised $20 million in Series A funding. This latest round was led by New Enterprise Associates and brings the company’s total equity…
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Money at 30: 11 Tools You Can Use to Start Investing With Little Money
If there’s one thing that Millennials have heard over and over again in regards to finance, it’s that they really need to be investing. Unfortunately many may believe that their current situation precludes them from jumping into the market. After all, investing requires thousands of dollars and no brokerage will even look at you if…
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JP Morgan Economists Lower Q2 2019 GDP Estimate to 1% Growth
The last time the Bureau of Economic Analysis announced the United States’ quarterly gross domestic product growth, analysts were surprised to learn actual growth was 3.2% — far higher than the 2.5% rate that many expected. However economists at JP Morgan aren’t expecting a repeat performance for Q2. In fact they’re slashing their estimates by…




