Tara Williams

Tara is a marketing professional who is passionate about branding and communication. She is a green tea addict that loves to find ways to be creative in her free time.

📍 Cape Town, South Africa

News

Should You Be Worried About Bank Runs?

Silicon Valley Bank's collapse and bank run gives us a good opportunity to unpack bank runs and what you can do to mitigate your exposure.

Tara Williams Mar 16, 2023 • 3 min read

Tips

Why & How to Set Financial Goals

This new year we’ve had a lot of new goals set in the app. Now that quitters day has passed you should be able to gauge just how committed you are to those goals.

Tara Williams Jan 26, 2023 • 3 min read

Investing

Environmental, Social & Governance Investing

Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) investing has been around in some form or another for decades. So it’s high time we dive into what ESG means.

Tara Williams Nov 18, 2022 • 2 min read

Investing

Invest In... Everything?

Alternative investments seem like a lot of effort and a bit of a gamble. Do you think are they worth the bragging rights at the next braai?

Tara Williams Sep 8, 2022 • 3 min read

News

The Gender Gap: What’s New?

It's estimated that it would take 136.5 years to close the gender gap instead of the 99.6 years they estimated pre-pandemic. That’s a whole generation more!

Tara Williams Aug 11, 2022 • 3 min read

Tips

Budgeting For a Car

Buying a car is a huge financial commitment, there’s so much to consider. This article has 4 important financial considerations to make when budgeting for a car.

Tara Williams Apr 1, 2022 • 3 min read

Lifestyle

4 Different Valentine's Day Gifts

Are you looking for an alternative to the usual flashy jewellery? Are your arts and crafts skills lacking? Is a house full of flowers too basic?

Tara Williams Feb 9, 2022 • 3 min read

Tips

Can You Have Too Many Savings Accounts?

The answer to this question might actually be something that the whole of the internet agrees on, well the first page of Google at least.

Tara Williams Nov 10, 2021 • 3 min read

Updates

Setting and Achieving Your Financial Goals

As an investment strategy, goal-based investing is still pretty new but Franc users will definitely be familiar with it as it is the philosophy our app is based on.

Tara Williams Aug 18, 2021 • 4 min read

Investing

What Type of Investor are You?

Knowing what type of investor you are is important because it will help you when you are creating your investment strategy.

Tara Williams Jun 24, 2021 • 3 min read

Investing

Get Rid of Your Boss by 40

The average South African retires at 60 years old. The F.I.R.E movement challenges this statistic as they believe you can retire at any age. Read this article to find out how.

Tara Williams Jun 3, 2021 • 4 min read

Investing

How to Become the 'This Is Fine' Dog...Financially

A guide to building a solid emergency fund, not literally become a dog.

Tara Williams Oct 22, 2020 • 3 min read

Investing

Mind the (Gender) Gap

Most women and men should save and invest more for their futures. However, women are having a harder time doing this.

Tara Williams Aug 6, 2020 • 3 min read

Updates

Error 112: Your Device Might Actually be Compatible

Ever really wanted to download an app and found it wasn't compatible with your device? Then I have some hacks for you.

Tara Williams Jul 16, 2020 • 3 min read