Nearly seven in ten Americans have less than $1,000 in their savings accounts, and 34% have nothing set aside whatsoever. Conserving cash can be difficult, but finance app Digit wants people to leave it to a bot. How has it managed to save people over $230 million in just 18 months?

Starting a retirement plan sounds like next level ‘adulting’, but with one in three Americans having no money in their nest egg and people living longer, it’s a vital financial consideration. Honest Dollar is hoping to provide the answer with affordable ways for SMEs to help employees start saving.

It’s not often that the editor of a leading tech news website leaves his job to launch a fintech start-up. But that’s exactly what John Biggs – former editor of TechCrunch, now CEO of Freemit – has done. His mission? To create a universal, instant and cost-free system of international money exchange.

Whether it’s splitting the bill at a bar or sharing a cab fare home, paying your peers can be an awkward hassle. Mobile wallet app Venmo is changing this with a social media-style digital payment system that lets you instantly transfer money between friends. Could Venmo kill cash for good?