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Pay Day & Spendable Balance

Pay Day is a great day, but what if the day before could be great to? Breeze between pays with our new feature.

Anson Parker

Anson Parker

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How to start saving (from the very beginning) with Up

If saving money doesn’t come naturally to you, you’re not alone. We’re here to start at the beginning. No spreadsheets. No stress. Just Up.

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Zap playing it safe with an emergency fund

Building Up an Emergency Fund

Let’s call it financial self-defence. Here’s how you can use Up to prep for that unexpected moment when life loads a bazooka with your name on it.

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Stop the trolls

Stopping Payment Abuse: How Up is Designing for Safety

In July 2020, we got a message from a customer saying their ex-partner was sending abusive chat messages through Up. By August, we’d built new code to find payment abuse, and designed a new approach to stopping abuse on Up.

Nektarea Cameron-Smith

Nektarea Cameron-Smith

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Request money and say goodbye to OMT

Don't let Owed Money Tension get you down. When the sacred bonds of mateship don’t get you your money back when you need it, you can now request money from your mates on Up.

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Upsides swapping brains

Level Up for 2021

A new year deserves a new challenge, so today we’re bringing you three levels of Up to tackle. From setting up your first shiny Saver, to building your very own custom tagging system.

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Upsides swapping brains

Upgrade your finances with the Upsider community

Put the kettle on. Because today our Upsider community is sharing their best advice for small-but-slick financial changes that’ll really pack a punch in 2021.

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Up Year 2020 Clouds

UpYear Is Here! Let's Wrap Up Your 2020

Finish the year strong. Starting today take a trip down memory lane and get your personalised spending and saving review of 2020.

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Making it rain with the Up API

Making it rain!

Combining garden automation and the Up API to raise money for a cause

Paul Tagell

Paul Tagell

Up joins forces with TransferWise

Up on TransferWise

International Payments are now available to all Up customers via TransferWise. Let me take you on the grand tour.

Mark Brown

Mark Brown