Category: Personal Finance
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Personal Finance
Penny Finance Named Best in Show at FinovateSpring 2025
by Kyle Burbank
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...
Personal Finance
Acorns App Makes it Easy to Save and Invest
by Kyle Burbank
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.
Personal Finance
Earned Wage Access FinTech Clair Raises $23.2 Million
by Kyle Burbank
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
by Kyle Burbank
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...
Personal Finance
FinTech Brokerage App Stash Raises $146 Million in Latest Round
by Kyle Burbank
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,...
Personal Finance
Aldi Curbside Pickup Review — Is it Worth it?
by Kyle Burbank
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?
Personal Finance
National Personal Finance Challenge Finalists Revealed
by Kyle Burbank
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...