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February 23, 2015

Financial apps to keep your spending in check

  • Some require you to enter spending data, while others can siphon those details automatically from checking and credit card accounts.
  • By ALEX VEIGA
    AP Business Writer

    Joshua Levinson was about to splurge on some exercise equipment, but a personal finance app on his smartphone gave him a friendly reminder: He'd just recently dropped $150 for Valentine's Day.

    “When I looked at that, I was like ‘OK, this has been an expensive week,'” said the 22-year-old college student in Tallahassee, Florida.


     
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