Category: Personal Finance
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Personal Finance
Apple Card Savings Account Rolls Out Offering 4.15% APY
by Fioney Staff
Last fall, Apple announced plans to expand its line-up of financial products by adding a high-yield savings account option for Apple Card customers. Now, that offering is here as Apple Card Savings is now availalbe to Apple Card customers. At launch, the new account earns a rate of 4.15% APY. After setting up a Savings account, Apple Card users will be able to automatically deposit their Daily Cash cashback earnings...
Personal Finance
Truist Long Game Review: Is the Savings App Still Worth It?
by Kyle Burbank
Long Game is a personal finance app that rewards users for setting aside money in savings account by allowing them to unlock games of chance that could potentially add to their stash. It's a novel concept to be sure — but does it actually work?
Personal Finance
Clear Street Announces $270 Million Addition to Series B
by Fioney Staff
A FinTech that provides financial infrastructure to various businesses has added to their already-impressive funding round. Earlier this week, Clear Street announced that it had raised $270 million. The additional funds bring the firm's Series B to a total of $435 million. This latest tranche came from Prysm Capital and valued the company at $2 billion. A previous $165 million portion of the round also included participation from NextGen Venture...
Personal Finance
Money at 30: Valuing Your Time (And How You're Wasting Yours)
by Kyle Burbank
Time is money. It's cliche, but it's true. Yet, even when we're all aware of this relationship, there are assuredly times when we devalue our time by trying to save a few dollars. While I'm far from the first to bring this up, if you put the time you spend on certain tasks into the terms of an hourly wage, you might be shocked by just how little you're "paying...
Personal Finance
Aspiration Discontinuing Zero Credit Card, Continues Pivot
by Fioney Staff
The climate-conscious FinTech Aspiration is making some changes. This week, the company announced that it was discontinuing its Aspiration Zero credit card. According to an FAQ page pertaining to the card, the neobank notes that all Aspiration Zero accounts will be closed as of May 3rd, 2023. As of that date, customers will no longer be able to make purchases using their cards. However, cardholders will continue to be able to...
Personal Finance
United States Economy Added 236,000 Jobs in March 2023
by Fioney Staff
Another monthly jobs report shows that, while the United States economy is beginning to cool, unemployment continues to reach near-record lows. According to the latest Bureau of Labor Statistics report, the U.S. added 236,000 jobs in March 2023, with unemployment ticking down to 3.5% from 3.6%. This is only slightly off the 238,000 jobs that economists forecasted. Additionally, February's figure was revised upward by 15,000 to reach a new total...
Personal Finance
WalletHub Report Ranks Most and Least Financially Literate States
by Fioney Staff
Which state has the most financially literate citizens? A new report from the personal finance site WalletHub attempts to answer that question by ranking all 50 states (plus the District of Columbia) based on a number of data points and criteria. In order to compile its list, WalletHub scored states in three different categories. First, it used data from its WalletLiteracy survey, which has garnered more than 39,000 responses to...