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Harness the potential power of compounding interest by saving and investing your spare change with Acorns

Acorns is an app that invests your spare change for you automatically. All you need to do is sign up and link your cards — which just takes a couple of minutes. Then it’ll round up your recent purchases to the nearest dollar and then automatically invest the difference — your spare change — in a diversified portfolio.

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Diana Bird Associate Editor

Diana Bird is an Associate Editor for Moneywise. She has a bachelor’s degree from the University of Toronto in English Literature and Classical Civilizations as well as a Certification in Publishing from Toronto Metropolitan University. Prior to joining Moneywise, Diana worked for a non-profit organization that delivered training to financial supervisors in emerging and developing economies.

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