Why does community matter to us?
Because we know there’s so much to be gained from sharing our money management stories and offering each other support.
Here at QUBER, one of our major goals is to create a space where people feel comfortable speaking openly about their ups and downs with personal finance. Everyone makes mistakes with money sometimes, but the shame and stigma involved in speaking up about it is often what leads people to suffer in silence.
Our co-founder, Jen, started QUBER as a response to her own struggles with money management.
Though she was making a good living, Jen found herself living paycheque-to-paycheque due to overspending and minimal saving.
She started searching for tools that would help her change her habits, but had no luck finding anything that worked - all the available apps were only pointing out where she’d made mistakes once it was too late to change them. After some reflection on how to tackle the problem using a different approach, Jen came up with the idea for QUBER. The rest is history!
What’s your best advice for other savers, particularly someone who might be struggling with their financial situation right now?
On what they’ve gained using QUBER…
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Daryl L.
“QUBER makes saving an addictive habit, with very real and tangible results. I've been able to get out of several thousands in debt and save for emergencies at the same time!”
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Mollie W.
“QUBER has helped me identify where I spend the most money on a monthly basis. Trying to stay below the targets QUBER sets for me gives me a goal to reach to save more money.”
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Karen M.
“I was relatively good at saving to begin with but this has spurred me on to save more! It has also been informative. The articles are quite interesting and valuable.”
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Marilyn S.
“With QUBER, it is easier to save because the money is out of my bank account and stored elsewhere where it is not as obvious or as tempting to take it out.”
“My mom gifted me [a money jar] on my birthday and taught me about saving money and how to work on my needs and wants. I have saved $1k from my birthdays, Eid and pocket money. I am saving more to help my mother.”
— Mutasim A.
We organized a contest in honour of International Women’s Day 2021 that asked Canadians to recognize a woman in their lives who taught them an important financial lesson.
Hear from a couple of our employee savers…
Both Juvilyn and Merle started using QUBER as part of a group saving program offered by their employer, Levi’s.
To learn more about our program with Levi’s, click here.
Read through our User Profile series:
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Michelle
Michelle shares about how a few poor financial decisions ended up creating a big problem for her, but also about how she squashed her debt and came out on top.
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Kim
Kim is a long-time user, and one of our greatest supporters! In her profile, she shares how a divorce made her take stock of her financial situation and turn things around for herself.
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Stephanie
Hear from our 2020 Save to Win grand prize winner on how she manages money as a busy nurse and mom, and what it was like to win $5000 just for saving money!
Got a suggestion for us?
We know that the people who use QUBER are the ones to ask when it comes to what new features would best, what could use improvement within the app and more. If you’ve got an idea or a suggestion for us, please let us know by filling out the form to the right.