5 Ways That Your Bank is Cheating You 1.) Ridiculous ATM Fees $2 just to withdraw MY 20 dollar bill? That's almost an entire tank of gas! ATM fees consistently serve as the most subtle way for consumers to fall prey
Time to Move to Green Every year on Earth Day there’s a lot of talk about the environment, but we believe that to fight the climate change crisis we need to do more than come together once
Celebrating three years with a special offer Three years ago this month, Aspiration welcomed our first customers. Then as now, our mission was to improve the financial lives of the members of our Aspiration community. A big part of that
New Survey: Post-Wells Fargo scandals, consumers trust big banks less than they trust Charlie Sheen and Tiger Woods Poll of Americans finds that Millennials and Generation Z are driving an across-the-board increase in distrust of major banks. A new poll released today by Aspiration, the socially-conscious online banking and investing company,
The Divestment Movement: Taking Your Money Out of Fossil Fuels Too often, big financial institutions put their short-term profit before both people and the environment. When these banks take their customers’ deposits and invest them in ways that worsen our climate crisis, they
What’s Your Money Doing In Their Wallets? Here’s a nifty trick: Each year Americans spend more than $33 billion on often outrageous bank fees. Those banks then take about $100 million of that and spend it on lobbying and
Financial industry: Time to catch up. If there is one question we get about Aspiration from customers, reporters, and even an occasional family member, it is this: “What’s the catch?” How can the Aspiration Summit Account offer interest
Riding the roller coaster Roller coasters can be fun. Unless it’s after lunch. But roller coasters are less fun when your financial future is at stake. As we’ve all seen, the stock market can have
Invest in Your Network and Your Network Will Invest in You More than ever, your network is the most valuable asset you have. So then why has “networking” become a dirty word? Why do we envision sleazy conference goers or slick salesmen when we
Alternative Investments Explained in 2 Minutes As we’ve shared previously, April is Financial Literacy Month, an effort to highlight the importance of financial literacy and teach Americans how to establish and maintain healthy financial habits. We know that
What Novels Can Teach Us About Business Harry S. Truman said, “Not all readers are leaders, but all leaders are readers.” Ask any successful business person or entrepreneur and you’ll find their spare time is spent reading (or listening
April is Financial Literacy Month April marks Financial Literacy month. That means many financial firms will be highlighting their works in educating consumers about investing, saving, and spending. That’s a good thing. Unfortunately, too often that also
What Little Kids Can Teach The Rest of Us About Sharing When Aspiration launched with its unique "Pay What Is Fair" fee structure that trusts our customers to pay us what they think we deserve, Wall Street analysts lost their collective minds
Say Yes to #TheDress, Again... Whether you were on #TeamWhiteAndGold or #TeamBlueAndBlack, who can forget when all of social media seemingly lost its mind a couple of weeks ago over the question of the colors of a dress.
Divesting Your Dollars From Fossil Fuels We’ve all heard the phrase, “Put your money where your mouth is.” But for too long, environmental champions had little choice but to bank or invest with big financial institutions that put