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January 14, 2022

How to Reset Your Finances for 2022

The new year can be a great time to reset your finances, and Truebill is here to help! Here are five ways to help improve your finances in 2022.

December 20, 2021

From our CEO: Truebill Joins the Rocket Companies

Six years ago, my siblings and I started Truebill from my brother’s basement. We discovered that we were all paying for subscriptions we had forgotten about, and realized just how difficult it was to get a single view of our finances. We knew there had to be an easier way so we started building one.

September 16, 2021

Our New Milestone: 1 Million Premium Members

After we reached 1 million premium users, we realized the dire need for personal finance management.

June 1, 2021

Announcing our Series-D round!

When we launched Truebill in 2016, we simply set out to build a tool we ourselves would want to use: a platform to keep track of money and subscriptions. Five years and $18 billion of transactions later, we've helped around seven million people through some of the worst financial circumstances in United States history.

November 12, 2020

Truebill raises Series C and expands offering to improve American’s financial health

Truebill was born with a simple goal—to make it simple to track and manage subscriptions and bills. At the time, we were building the product for ourselves as much as we were for others; after all, who wouldn’t want a tool that helps you avoid wasting money?

November 21, 2019

Budgeting 101: How to Budget in 3 Easy Steps

A budget allows you to have control over where your hard-earned money goes. It empowers you to be aware of how you spend and save, which can reduce financial struggles and worries.

January 30, 2017

7 Gadgets That Will Reduce Your Utility Bills

Utility bills are a mundane part of everyday life – we pay money monthly to keep the lights, the water running and our homes heated and cooled.

January 18, 2017

Introducing Your New Financial Assistant: Get Bank Fees Refunded

Saving you money is what we do best, and we’re excited to announce that we’ve added new features to save you even more! Now Truebill does more than track, manage and cancel paid subscriptions.

January 13, 2017

How to Organize Receipts: 10 Tips to Simplify for Tax Time

Whenever the new year comes around, a little alarm bell goes off in the back of our heads: taxes are coming! The best part of taxes is making deductions, so it’s time to break out those receipts.

January 7, 2017

How to Avoid Credit Card Late Fees

As we recently reported on the Truebill blog, American Express is about to raise late fees for customers who are late in making their credit card payments.

January 5, 2017

The Disadvantages of Automatic Bill Pay Made Me Stop Using It

What’s your least favorite part of paying bills? Is it watching your checking account diminish? Or is it the headache of managing so many different accounts, each with its own due date and payment system?

January 3, 2017

33 Ways to Save on Your Utility Bill

Saving money isn’t easy for anyone. In GOBankingRates’ 2015 survey on savings, nearly a third of respondents had $0 saved, and 69% kept less than $1,000 in their savings. New Year’s resolutions are in full effect – let’s add some manageable savings techniques to your repertoire.

December 28, 2016

Can You Overdraft a Prepaid Card?

Yes, you can in fact overdraft a prepaid card. If you’re a reader of this site because you have excellent financial luck and history, and are just wanting to tweak your portfolio to perfection, you probably don’t need to read this article.

December 22, 2016

How Much Do You Really Save When You Cancel Subscription Services?

The past few years have seen massive growth in options for subscription-based services, whether it’s app-based, online video streaming or streaming music services or even traditional monthly fees like gym memberships.

December 7, 2016

The Details of the Lawsuit Against Comcast

The news of a lawsuit against Comcast hasn’t come as surprise to many. We’d known cable company customer service was terrible for decades even before John Oliver told us about it in one of his famous expose pieces.

November 21, 2016

The Full Policies for Stores that Price Match Amazon

With Black Friday and Cyber Monday closing in on us quickly, everyone is getting ready to do some serious holiday shopping. While the convenience of online shopping is fueling what is expected to be a record-breaking Cyber Monday this year, there are many who still love going to stores in-person.

November 11, 2016

Canceling the Cable Bill: Why More People Don’t Opt to Stream

One of the biggest trends in entertainment and media during the past few years is the rise of “cord cutting” – canceling the cable bill. More people are cutting the cord to their cable bills and switching exclusively to streaming content; instead of watching cable TV...

November 10, 2016

How to Cancel Recurring Campaign Contributions

We spend a lot of time on this blog looking at the hidden, recurring, often small enough to be missed, charges that come out of our accounts each month. With election season just ending, many of our readers are wondering how to shut off recurring campaign contributions.

October 17, 2016

How to Set Your Kids Up For Financial Success

The year was 1994. I had a bowl cut, and I had just turned 10. I got an allowance every week for doing chores, and every week, I spent the whole thing on candy. No one would blame a 10-year-old for such candy-related financial recklessness, but my spend-first approach didn’t stop with candy.

June 23, 2016

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