In fact, I forgot to mention the whole system is set up around text messaging to make it incredibly easy. You can text in for a bunch of things like “savings” to see the amount saved so far, “balance” to check your checking balance, “pause” to stop the savings, and “bills”...
When I graduated from The College of William & Mary, the total amount of cash I had was roughly $4,000. I had saved some money from summer jobs temping and flipping burgers at McDonald's for $4 an hour. I had just started a dream job in New York City atGoldman Sachs. It was...