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Make financial planning more intuitive

A one-stop app would be most helpful - once the security concerns have been sorted out

ST ILLUSTRATION: CEL GULAPA
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Since starting work around four years ago, keeping tabs on my monthly expenditure has involved an increasing number of steps.

My spending could once be confined to bank transfers, debit payments and cash withdrawals - all under the same bank - with credit payments the only outlier. But the ubiquity of PayNow and the rising number of e-wallets and digital banking apps in recent years have changed things.

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A version of this article appeared in the print edition of The Sunday Times on December 08, 2019, with the headline Make financial planning more intuitive. Subscribe