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[3 Apps That Will Save You Money MONEY](/video/hUhjAsbb/) ### 3 Apps That Will Save You Money MONEY --- ## Transcript One of the things that I remember the most is I had my little blue book and you'd have to go into the bank and you'd have to actually go up to the teller and you'd have to ask for the money that you had in your savings account, and doing that was just the most horrific thing to do, and I remember sweating and standing up there and I was kind of asked what were you going to use this for, and you had to say for this thing that you wanted, and I think then I started to realize that this wasn't just going to be money to come, that this was money that people really wanted to protect, and so those were my earliest memories and unfortunately, we don't have those memories. There's not too many people who actually go and have a teller that they know and can remember you were there the week before, and why are you taking out more money and kind of question that. It's a lot easier when you get on your phone Get on th website and you decide that you want something versus need it, to push the button and all of a sudden for it to be there on your door step the next day. And not to really look at how that looks as far as your checking account balance. And how that looks as far as What is your interest payment gonna be on your next credit card? It just happens so fast, that it seems like it's good and it's okay. [ MUSIC ] ```json {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"VideoObject","name":"Why Technology Makes It Hard to Save Money","description":"Times have changed, and you don't have to actually talk to a teller to withdrawal money. 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