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Starting out right with 2Up
Our guide to levelling up your new life together.
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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.
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Anson Parker
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Up 2.0.4 Release Notes
2Up Automated Transfers, Send FJD with International Payments
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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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Up is Open for Business with Open Banking
Up has been certified for Open Banking. This means you can now safely share your Up data with certified third party apps, like budgeting platforms or loan providers.
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Up 2.0.2 Release Notes
Split your pay into 2Up & 2Up Activity, Card Controls & Trackers on watchOS
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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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Up 1.18.1 Release notes
iOS Monthly Insights widgets
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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.
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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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