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February 16, 2024
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The Admiral Staff
The article highlights Lili, a free mobile banking service designed specifically for freelancers. It simplifies financial management by automating tax savings, expense tracking, and payment processing. Key features include instant expense categorization, automatic tax set-aside, fee-free ATM access, fast direct deposit, mobile check deposit, cash deposit options, and generated expense reports. Lili aims to ease the complexities of freelance finances and help users save on taxes.
February 11, 2024
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The Admiral Staff
The article compares the best bank accounts for freelancers, highlighting the unique financial needs of self-employed individuals who work on a per-task or project basis. It emphasizes the importance of factors like low fees, accessible customer service, mobile-friendliness, and business account offerings. The top recommendations are Axos Bank (best for online banking), Chase Bank (best for traditional accounts with branch access), PayPal (best for accepting payments), and Lili (an all-in-one solution with expense tracking and
February 3, 2024
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The Admiral Staff
The article highlights Upstart, an online lending platform that utilizes artificial intelligence to approve more loan applicants and offer lower interest rates compared to traditional lenders. Unlike conventional models that heavily rely on credit scores, Upstart’s machine learning technology considers a wider range of factors to assess creditworthiness, potentially benefiting those with bad or no credit. This results in 26% more loan approvals and an average of 10% lower interest rates (between 3.99% and 35.
February 1, 2024
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The Admiral Staff
Found is a financial technology company designed to simplify finances for self-employed individuals like freelancers, gig workers, and contractors. It offers free business banking services through Piermont Bank, including a business checking account, invoicing tools, bookkeeping, and tax preparation assistance—all within a single app. While the core features are free, a paid subscription (Found Plus) provides additional customization options, tax-planning tools, and a 1.5% APY on savings up to $20,00
January 26, 2024
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The Admiral Staff
Discover Bank is the online banking arm of Discover, known for its credit cards. It offers checking (Cashback Debit account, currently not accepting new applications), high-yield savings, and money market accounts, all with no monthly fees or minimum balance requirements. Discover also provides CDs, retirement accounts (IRAs), and various loans (home, personal, student) with transparent costs and no origination fees. The bank boasts a well-rated mobile app, a large no-fee ATM network, and
