Acorns app helps new investors get started

Toss your old piggy bank and download Acorns, which helps you save by sweeping spare change from debit card transactions into an investment account.

For example, if you buy a $2.50 coffee, the app rounds up to $3 and saves 50 cents. Acorn invests the savings once they reach $5. CNN named it one of the 10 best investment apps last year.

Acorns has also partnered with companies, like Uber and Expedia, to launch Found Money, getting an even better value for your investment by offering a percentage of your purchase with those companies back into your investment account.

– Lauren Bankert, On 3 Public Relations