The Modern Newsletter for Finance & Business

The 5 minute newsletter helping you save, hustle, and invest. News, stories, and knowledge.

Top Banking & Investing Options

Having a separate brokerage can be a hassle. With these option you can invest, bank, save, and live your day-to-day in one app. Why invest and bank at the same place? Often transferring your money back and forth between accounts can eat up your gains. With these options, you save the fees and have access to your cash.

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Ally Invest

Ally Invest is great for all investors. We love their trading app and the fact that you can do more than just invest with Ally. 

Checking
Savings
Investing
Credit/Debit Cards
Loans

pocketsmith logo compareed to other apps

How much did you spend on eating out last month? You might be surprised! PocketSmith can help you get your sh!@t together. 

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Sofi – Invest

SoFi Invest is a great investing app for everybody. We love how you can use all of SoFi’s products from one easy to use dashboard.

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Savings
Investing
Credit/Debit Cards
Loans

Up to $1,000 in stock when you fund a new account.

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Fidelity

We love the ability to connect and use their debit card which includes ATM reimbursements. We also love their 2% back credit card. Trade from mobile/desktop/browser.

Cash Management
Debit Card/Credit Cards
Brokerage

Merrill Edge

We love their Preferred Reward program that allows you to earn rewards by investing with them. Their Idea Builder provides inspiration and ideas for your portfolio. 

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Savings
Investing
Credit/Debit Cards
Loans

Qualifying Net New Asset Balance   Cash Reward
Less than $20,000 $0
$20,000 to $49,999 $100
$50,000 to $99,999 $150
$100,000 to $199,999 $250
$200,000 or more $600
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Acorns

Acorns is the perfect app for the passive investor. Acorns invests your spare change and is the passive way to get started. We love that they have expanded into banking.

$3/month
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Many Options For Automated Savings & Investing

Stash

Stash takes automated investing to the next level. We love their many automated features: 1% Stock Back Card, Invest Spare Change, Auto Investing.

$3 – $9/month 
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Debit Card (Earn Stocks as Rewards)

Betterment

Betterment is one of the easiest ways to get started investing. We love their automated investing and high APY Savings. This is the perfect app for the passive investor.

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Savings
Investing
Debit Cards

pocketsmith logo compareed to other apps

How much did you spend on eating out last month? You might be surprised! PocketSmith can help you get your sh!@t together. 

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