Budgeting App wins DCU Difference Maker contest

12/14/2015 3:46:00 PM | Men's Golf

By Ed Brennen (UMass Lowell Staff Writer)

A free-spending weekend sendoff for his roommate last summer, complete with a round of golf and a hearty dinner, left Jonathan Burgin facing a harsh reality the following Monday morning.

"When I checked my bank account it wasn't quite as healthy as I hoped it would be," says Burgin, a junior from Hampshire, England, double-majoring in economics and English literature. "So I looked at the way I budget my finances and how I could change that."

The idea Burgin came up with - a personal budgeting app that sends push notifications to your phone whenever your bank account drops to certain pre-set amounts - proved so useful that it was awarded top prize at the DifferenceMaker's third annual Innovation Contest, sponsored by Digital Federal Credit Union and the Manning School of Business, on Dec. 2 at the Saab Emerging Technologies and Innovation Center.

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