Pluto

12/28/2019

⬇️ Earn $3 for every $200 saved in college! (limited spots) ⬇️

2020 = new you, new goals! 💪 Study abroad? Spring break? New laptop?

The first 500 students to start saving with Pluto Money’s Pluto Safe will get 1.5% annual cash bonuses on savings! ❤️ That’s 17X more than national average savings APY!

How to qualify:
1️⃣ Sign up with Pluto Money on the App Store 📲
2️⃣ Set up your saving goals 🏝
3️⃣ Open your Pluto Safe (free savings wallet, like Venmo for your goals) 💰
4️⃣ Deposit at least $10 towards a goal in your Pluto Safe by 12/31 🚀

Pluto Safe is:
✅ FDIC insured up to $250k
✅ Free with zero fees!
✅ Unlimited transfers
✅ No minimum deposit, balance

Let’s save BIG for your 2020 goals and get rewarded along the way - we got your back! ❤️

#2020

11/27/2019

and are overrated, but here are actually practical tips if you feel obligated to spend 😎

On another note, we're super thankful for the Pluto community—millions of 💰 have been saved from tens of thousands of students, thanks to your feedback & support!

Make the most of the free food 😜 and safe travels this week. Happy Thanksgiving!

Want to save big on Black Friday and Cyber Monday in 2019? We've got practical hacks and tips + special deals we think you'll appreciate!

09/17/2019

Pluto is looking for social impact / community / data-driven student to join the team!

☑️ Apply now
☑️ DM us for questions
☑️ Tag friends who would be an awesome fit for this role

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09/16/2019

Pluto Money - Apple's App of the Day & backed by Techstars + Barclays - is hiring a Growth Manager Intern (Fall 2019) to help expand our innovative content-driven ambassador program from UC Berkeley to more campuses! Start date is ASAP for Fall 2019.

Your bank doesn't care about your financial health. But that's ALL we care about. We help you become more capable of saving money, spending smarter and even earning more during college—so you can make the most of college, graduate & pursue your dreams.

Learn more: https://plutomoney.app
Get iOS app: https://apps.apple.com/us/app/pluto-money-saver-tracker/id1238673626

What You'll Do:

Help manage and scale Pluto’s campus ambassador program to another college.

• Brainstorm ways to recruit, hire and manage new ambassadors
• Help develop scalable resources for onboarding and ex*****on
• Develop accountability and performance validation systems around content creation and direct user acquisition micro-tasks
• Implement feedback loops and analyze team performance

What You’ll Gain:

• Ability to financially empower other students like you at scale!
• Valuable experience working in an early-stage startup backed by the top financial tech accelerator in the world (Techstars x Barclays) & innovative highly-regarded banks
• Access to the national + global Techstars network for future career opps
• Strong rec letter upon request & career mentorship from founders
• Pluto swag
• Monthly stipend of $750

Who You Are:

Basic
• Able to work for minimum 15 hours a week
• Able to start ASAP for Fall 2019
• Primarily an iPhone user and active user of Pluto
• At least a junior and current full-time student
• Passionate about empowering students with financial capability at scale
• Proven leader: Held at least 1 org leadership role on campus before
• Real world stints: At least 1 yr experience of B2C digital marketing or growth
• Ambassador veteran: Previous campus brand ambassador experience
• Have created digital content (i.e. blog, videos, social media, etc.)
• Comfortable finding, communicating with and recruiting student strangers
• Data-driven with strong analytical mindset and problem solving skills
• Creative and intuitive thinking with the ability to execute
• Self-starter, unafraid to take ownership, self-accountable
• Customer/user-first mindset with empathy
• Unafraid to ask any questions and voice opinion
• High level of attention to detail with excellent organizational skills
• Have an eye for design and passion for community-building

Bonus
• At least a senior and current full-time student
• Active on at least 3 of Facebook, Instagram, Snapchat or TikTok
• Have held multiple org leadership roles on campus
• At least 2 yrs experience of B2C digital marketing or growth (ideally have worked with a mobile app startup and marketed to college students)
• Knowledgeable about SEO with planning & implementation experience

09/05/2019

BOOM. We're featured as Apple's "App of the Day"! 🚀

https://apps.apple.com/us/story/id1454559933

08/07/2019

Thanks Amazon Web Services (AWS) for featuring our CTO Dante Monaldo's story about how we've leveraged their powerful cloud platform to accelerate development of our iOS app! 🚀

Check it out here:

This is a guest blog post by Dante Monaldo, co-founder and CTO of Pluto Money Pluto Money, a San Francisco-based startup, is a free money management app that combines banking, behavioral economics, and machine learning (ML) to guide Generation Z towards their financial goals in college and beyond. W...

07/10/2019

Student Debt Warriors just featured Pluto in an awesome in-depth review 🚀🙌 - give it a read!

The Pluto Money App was designed to help members of Generation Z manage their money smarter so that they can reach their financial goals. Learn how.

06/19/2019

Making bread this summer from internships or jobs? 🍞 Here are juicy tips + thought-provoking questions that'll help you manage your income, from the POV of a 🥑 loving intern.

Find it useful? Tag a friend that could use this guide! 🤓

From the perspective of a summer intern. Here are practical ways to manage and stretch your summer income as a college student—from internships or jobs.

06/13/2019

(1/3) For as long as I can remember, I have been obsessed with images. Photos, paintings, and graphic designs have always held a certain allure and I’ve made sure to dabble with all of it. Visual art, to me, is like storytelling without the use of words. It’s powerful, in its ability to communicate a message or an emotion by simply capturing a moment. Unfortunately, art didn’t love me back as naturally as I loved it. As a little kid, math and science came easily and were almost effortless with their rules and structure; however, nothing gave me the same peace of mind as sketching on my notebook or watching brush strokes mark my canvas.