Apps: Help or hindrance for savings habits?

New FSCS research

Victoria McKeever
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People struggle to keep track of their spending and find it harder to save when they shop through apps, a new FSCS study has found. We asked some industry players for their views…

The Financial Services Compensation Scheme (FSCS) found ‘out of hours' shopping can have a detrimental effect on keeping track of people's spending and saving habits. It surveyed more than 2,000 UK adults in March 2017 and found women in particular were prone to spending money through apps. Women had an average of nine apps on electronic devices that enabled spending, the survey found, while men were more likely to have an app on their phone that helped them save or manage their money.  Many respondents said apps made it much easier to spend money, while some struggled to keep trac...

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