Personal Finance: What You Need To Know Today

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Financial Advisor Platform Seeds Raises $10 Million

A FinTech built for advisors to create personalized investing experiences for clients has raised a new round of funding. About Seeds' Funding Round: Recently, Seeds (formerly known as Seeds Investor) announced that it has raised $10 million. The Series A was led by Protage, while returning investors Social Leverage and Blank Ventures also participated. To date, the company has now raised more than $15 million, including a $1.3 million seed...
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Penny Finance Named Best in Show at FinovateSpring 2025

An app built to help consumers increase their financial literacy is celebrating a recent honor. About Penny Finance and Its FinovateSpring Honor: Recently, Penny Finance was awarded a Best in Show prize at FinovateSpring 2025. The app was the only personal finance platform honored at the FinTech conference held in San Diego. Other Best in Show recipients included Bits of Stock, Finalytics.ai, Herd Security, Illuma, and Solda.ai. Penny Finance is...

Acorns App Makes it Easy to Save and Invest

We’ve all probably heard it said that the key to building wealth is investing. Unfortunately, especially among those of a younger generation, getting started with investing can seem intimidating, preventing many from even trying. Enter Acorns — a mobile app that looks to make investing not only easy but also painless and automatic.
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Earned Wage Access FinTech Clair Raises $23.2 Million

A FinTech that helps workers gain quicker access to their pay has raised a new round of funding. About Clair's Funding Round: This week, Clair announced that it had raised $23.2 million. The Series B was led by Upfront Ventures, which also led the company's seed round in 2020. Existing investors such as Thrive Capital also participated. To date, the company has now raised a total of $217.8 million, although...
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Target Adds Markup-Free Shipt Benefit for Circle 360 Members

Target is rolling out a new benefit for members of its Circle 360 subscription that could save them money beyond the retailer itself. About the Shipt No Markups Delivery Benefit for Target Circle 360: This week, Target revealed its Target Circle 360 members could now take advantage of same-day delivery via Shipt — but without price markups. While Target itself hasn't utilized the practice of increasing prices for Shipt deliveries...
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FinTech Brokerage App Stash Raises $146 Million in Latest Round

A popular brokerage app has revealed its latest "mega-round." About the Round: This week, Stash announced that it's raised a new round of $146 million. The Series H was led by Goodwater Capital with returning investors Union Square Ventures, StepStone Group, Serengeti, and the University of Illinois Foundation also participating alongside funds and accounts advised by T. Rowe Price Investment Management, Inc. To date, Stash has now raised $666 million in funding,...

Aldi Curbside Pickup Review — Is it Worth it?

Over the past few months, I've been a bit torn. While I love saving money and keeping costs down, the convenience of grocery delivery has proven too powerful for me to resist. Now one of my favorite discount grocery stores is rolling out a better option with the introduction of Aldi Curbside Pickup. Yet, the question still remains: is this option actually worth it?
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National Personal Finance Challenge Finalists Revealed

Next month, 34 teams of students from 28 states will compete in the 14th annual National Personal Finance Challenge (NPFC). About the Event and Finalists: After an initial round that saw nearly 17,500 high school-aged students competing, the Council for Economic Education has announced the finalists for this year's NPFC. The 14th annual event is slated to be held June 1st and 2nd in Atlanta, Georgia. There, the 34 teams...
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2025 SoFi Checking and Savings Review

 Ever since I started taking an interest in the FinTech sector, one company whose name I’ve seen pop up over and over again is SoFi. That was later sent into overdrive as the company has not only become a household name thanks to its stadium naming rights deal but also because of the company’s continued product expansions. The most interesting development in my mind is SoFi’s acquisition of Golden Pacific...
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Best Western Debuts Two New Rewards Credit Cards

After pausing applications for their previous rewards card, the hotel chain Best Western has unveiled a new pair of rewards credit cards with a new issuer. About the Best Western cards: Best Western is partnering with First Bank & Trust and Mercury Financial to introduce two new co-branded credit cards. First up is the no-annual-fee Best Western Rewards Visa Signature Card. With this card, customers can 4x points on Best...
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Marriott Bonvoy Bold Card Launches Travel Contest

Chase and Marriott Bonoy have unveiled a special contest while continuing to offer its best-ever welcome bonus. About the welcome bonus and Bold Chat Court Contest: Marriott Bonvoy and Chase have launched a special opportunity called the Bold Chat Court contest. As part of this contest, 10 lucky travelers will be awarded 500,000 Marriott Bonvoy points (for a total of 5 million) as well as $5,000. For this contest, the...
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Bilt Adds 2 New Transfer Partners Including First 3:2 Transfer Rate

Bilt is once again expanding its travel transfer rewards program — and is even breaking the mold with one new partner. About the new additions to Bilt: This week, Bilt launched partnerships with two more travel brands: TAP Air Portugal and Accor. As a result, Bilt members will now be able to transfer their points to Miles&Go and ALL Reward, respectively. In total, Bilt now has 18 transfer partners including 13...
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PayPal Debit Card Review: Earn Stackable 5% Cash Back

In recent weeks, PayPal debuted an updated debit card product (perhaps you've seen the incessant Will Ferrell commercials for it during football games?). With the launch of this card, the company known for online payments is encouraging customers to pay with them anywhere. To encourage such behavior, the debit card allows cardholders to earn 5% cashback — although, as you can imagine, there are some important restrictions on that. So,...