Practical money advice, written for real life
MyPersonalFinancial
About

The MyPersonalFinancial story.

MyPersonalFinancial is a small money-advice team writing the guides we wish someone had handed us earlier — about budgets that survive real life, building an emergency fund, getting comfortable with credit, and the habits that quietly add up. We may earn a commission on some links, but the advice is the same advice we'd give a friend over coffee.

Editorial standards

Every review on MyPersonalFinancial is grounded in primary research, hands-on testing where applicable, and comparison with at least three competing alternatives. We disclose affiliate relationships and never accept payment in exchange for placement, ranking, or coverage.

  • 01Reviews are reviewed by an editor before publication.
  • 02We update reviews when prices, features, or terms change materially.
  • 03When we're wrong, we publish corrections — clearly labeled.

The team

A small, opinionated group of analysts and editors who all maintain their own ridiculous personal spreadsheets.

Priya Mehta
Priya Mehta
Editor in Chief

Former product analyst at a robo-advisor; covers retirement planning and brokerage tooling.

Daniel Roussel
Daniel Roussel
Senior Reviewer · Mortgage & Refi

Spent eight years as a residential mortgage processor before crossing over into editorial.

Helena Lindqvist
Helena Lindqvist
Tax Software Lead

EA. Has filed alongside every consumer tax product since 2011 — same return, same outputs.

Marcus Akinwale
Marcus Akinwale
Budgeting & HYSAs

Spreadsheet purist. Maintains the test-household model we run every budgeting app through.

Contact

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