Category Archives: Personal Finance

When it comes to saving money, whether it’s for a short-term goal, such as a trip, or for a long-term one, such as a retirement fund, there are many budgeting strategies to choose from. Starting a money-saving challenge can be a good strategy to save money while being motivated to reach a goal and have fun.

Checking on all of your regular expenses is an important part of keeping your finances healthy. Too often, people sign up for a monthly subscription for a gym membership, subscription box, or premium membership and then stop using it. Without regularly keeping track of what you’re spending money on, you can easily find yourself spending hundreds of dollars a month on things you’re no longer using.

Starting a new routine in any area of life can be challenging. Be it changes to your finances, exercise habits, health or any other type of new routine, one of the best ways that you can increase your chances of success is to make it part of your existing daily routine. Making small changes to something you’re already doing drastically increases your chances to stick with any new habit. Here, we’ll take a look at some ways that you can incorporate finances into your daily routine.

Today, we’re excited to introduce our #TimeToMint campaign, a reminder that wherever you are, whenever you want, for whatever you need — anytime can be a time to Mint. Taking a moment to Mint before making financial decisions is an opportunity to make progress toward any goal, whether it’s to stay on budget, to save for a big purchase, or to make strides in paying off debt. 

Nowadays, almost all countries have fiat money as a legal tender. Although gold coins could be an alternative to fiat money since you can buy and sell them, they are not commonly used for everyday purchases.

If you’re trying to free up room in your budget, it never hurts to start by addressing unnecessary expenses. That could mean cutting out subscription services you never use, renegotiating your bills or refinancing debt to a lower interest rate.

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It’s a common cycle: you work hard all week, soaking up stress and trying to power through. Then when the weekend comes, you blow off steam at your favorite bars and restaurants. After spending all your hard-earned money, you wake up on Monday to start the cycle all over again.

To celebrate and recognize how our Minters are achieving their financial milestones, we reached out to everyday Mint users like you, to share their stories.