Announcing the Grand Prize Story Contest!
Everyone has a story to tell. What’s yours? SaverLife has just launched our third annual Tax Time Story Contest! The prompt is, “What are you saving your tax refund for?” We want to hear it all: what motivates you to save your tax refund, your trials and triumphs, and how you weathered it all. We’ll…
Read MoreAnnouncing the Race to 500 Winners!
At the end of 2019, we ran our first Race to 500 savings challenge! The idea came from a member who said they wished we offered an incentive to save for the holiday season. We were inspired to run with that idea—pun intended. We’d first like to take a moment to congratulate the 7,539 of…
Read More6 Tips for Protecting Your Personal Information Online
It’s that special time of the year again – tax time! With the conveniences of the digital age, there are many useful online tools to help you file your taxes. However, there are also sites that will try to gain access to your Personally Identifiable Information (PII). Here are some tips and practices to help…
Read MoreCongratulations to our #StashThatCash Contest Winners
We asked our SaverLife members how they like to #StashThatCash and build their emergency savings fund. Whether it was by couponing, growing a garden, or filling up a coin jar, we loved reading all your savvy ways to save! Here are the winners and their explanations for how they like to #StashThatCash. Third Place: Maria…
Read MoreMeet Derkisha, SaverLife’s $5,000 Grand Prize Winner
Derkisha is a SaverLife member, a nursing school student, and a mother of five. She was one of over 45,000 people who pledged to save their tax refunds with SaverLife, collectively pledging to save more than $60 million. The SaverLife team traveled to Texas to surprise Derkisha with the news that she was our Grand…
Read MoreCongratulations to the Winners of the #SavingsResolution Contest!
We asked members of the SaverLife community to share their savings resolutions, with a picture and the hashtag #SavingsResolution. Over two months, more than 400 of you submitted your stories. Every time you voted on other entries, you earned a sweepstakes entry; five sweepstakes participants were randomly selected to win $100. And three winners received $1,000, $500, and $250,…
Read MoreCongratulations to the Winners of the #WhatImSavingFor Contest!
Starting on October 15, 2018, we asked you to share what motivates you to save, with a picture and the hashtag #WhatImSavingFor. Over two months, more than 650 of you submitted your stories. Every time you voted on other entries, you earned a sweepstakes entry; five sweepstakes participants were randomly selected to win $100. And three…
Read More2018: Thank you for a wonderful year!
Happy holidays from all of us at SaverLife! 2018 has been a big year for us. We’ve been busy creating new ways to reward you for saving and learning more about what actually helps people save. Here are just a few highlights from 2018: You won prizes for saving every week In 2018, we launched…
Read MoreJoin a Twitterchat with Wise Bread on 11/8 for a chance to win prizes!
Update: Thank you to everyone who attended the Twitterchat! Check out the highlights. This Thursday at 12pm PT/3pm ET, we’re going to be part of a Twitterchat with personal finance blog Wise Bread! We hope you’ll join us for a great conversation about prioritizing saving during the holidays and a chance to win a $100…
Read MoreHow do you balance debt and savings? Here’s what our research found.
If you’re paying down debt, saving money may be a low priority for you. After all, you’re probably paying interest on your debt every month, so paying off your debt more quickly means keeping more money in your pocket long-term. It’s harder to save when you have debt Our research found that Savers with a…
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