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Inflation Is Deflating the Financial Goals of All Consumers
Personal Finance // December 21, 2022

Inflation is not only making life costly, it’s undercutting the financial goals of consumers. With the new year just around the corner, many U.S. consumers are looking ahead and setting financial goals. However, the economic headwinds of the past 12 months have severely buffeted their...

More Than Half of Paycheck-to-Paycheck Consumers Say Inflation’s Made It Harder to Meet Long-Term Financial...
Consumer Finance // December 15, 2022

With a new year on the horizon, setting financial goals is top of mind for many U.S. consumers. The past 12 months have been a financial roller coaster, as inflation continues to weaken consumers’ spending power. In November, 63% of U.S. consumers were living paycheck...

Digit To Start Charging Users To Save For Financial Goals
Digital Payments // April 13, 2017

Digit, the service that enables people to save, announced Wednesday (April 12) it will be ending its free service and will start charging $2.99 a month in the next 100 days. According to a report in Venture Beat, existing accounts will stay free for 100...

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Stressed Consumers Scaling Back Retirement Planning and Funding

January 03, 2023
People living paycheck-to-paycheck are having a hard time setting financial goals, much less achieving them. According to the latest study in this long-running series, December’s “New Reality Check: The Paycheck-to-Paycheck Report: Financial Goals Edition,” households living between checks have risen three percentage points since October, and that present is putting their future finances in question. […]

Inflation Is Deflating the Financial Goals of All Consumers

December 21, 2022
Inflation is not only making life costly, it’s undercutting the financial goals of consumers. With the new year just around the corner, many U.S. consumers are looking ahead and setting...

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Digit To Start Charging Users To Save For Financial Goals

April 13, 2017
Digit, the service that enables people to save, announced Wednesday (April 12) it will be ending its free service and will start charging $2.99 a month in the next 100 days. According to a report in Venture Beat, existing accounts will stay free for 100 more days, and after that anyone who hasn’t canceled their […]