Spendable – Medium

Mar 31, 2021

I struggle with numeracy, how do I improve my financial literacy?

This was the basis for us creating spendable. The current status quo is that a person either understands money and is trusted to manage their own or they don’t understand money so their finances are controlled and they don’t participate in their finances. When we really broke down the reasons why people were not able to handle their…

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I struggle with numeracy, how do I improve my financial literacy?

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Mar 31, 2021

NDIS bills are a mess — What we learn

The breaking up of the service provider market is great for choice and control from a quality perspective but it has brought a lot of issues when it comes to the actual billing for NDIS services. Some common problems we heard are: The service provider gets the amount or quantity…

Disability

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Disability

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Mar 30, 2021

Shareholders With Disability

What percentage of shareholders are people with disability? We don’t have any hard data on this but we think it is an interesting question to ask especially considering that companies and their directors are ultimately responsible to their shareholders… That means it makes sense to think well if we need…

Crowdfunding

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Crowdfunding

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Mar 22, 2021

Trustees are rubbish — What we learn

When we speak to people about the trustee service they receive there are rarely any good stories but plenty of negative ones. Nobody is disputing the role and intentions of Trustee services. It’s a tough job ensuring people are supported financially and protected from financial abuse. Users of that service…

Disability

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Disability

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Mar 11, 2021

If it ain’t good enough for society, we don’t want it — What we learn

Every person is different and they have different wants and needs ot of their payment method. One thing everyone values is customisation. …

Disability

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If it ain’t good enough for society, we don’t want it — What we learn

Disability

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Mar 11, 2021

It’s better when you can see it — What we learn

We had to look at different ways of doing different steps in the Spendable process. One particular moment that stood out was when we were testing how to represent a transaction statement. Transaction statements are normally line after line of words, weird company names and numbers and a lot of…

Disability

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It’s better when you can see it — What we learn

Disability

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Mar 11, 2021

Financial literacy at a slower pace isn’t teaching people to handle money — What we learn

When we spoke to people about financial literacy programs some spoke fondly about the moment they realised that they had learned some great skills which meant they could be independent in their financial management. However, a lot of what we heard was that financial literacy had not evolved to meet…

Disability

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Financial literacy at a slower pace isn’t teaching people to handle money — What we learn

Disability

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