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Insights on financial health, investing and how Maxint works, from the Maxint team.
Open-Sourcing Finsight: Adapting Qwen3-14B for Financial Reasoning on AWS
We are open-sourcing two finance-adapted checkpoints of Qwen3-14B (CPT and CPT-SFT). Here is our end-to-end training pipeline, 13-gram decontamination, benchmark trade-offs, and lessons learned.
Maxint 2.25.0: Multimodal Voice Intelligence, Native Passkeys, and Instant Document Recognition
Maxint 2.25.0 introduces bidirectional voice intelligence in Finsight, passwordless passkey security, real-time mobile home widgets, automated receipt-to-bill pipelines, and high-performance statement recognition.
Maxint 2.24.0: Powerful Financial Reporting and Automated Tax Management
This major update transforms Maxint into a more comprehensive financial workspace by introducing full-scale, institutional-grade financial reporting alongside advanced tax intelligence and streamlined investment tracking.
Unveiling Maxint 2.23: The Modular Financial OS for Founders, Freelancers, and Investors
At Maxint, our mission is simple: to deliver 'the financial signal, minus the noise'. We believe your financial operating system shouldn't just record the past—it should proactively compute your future.
The Founder's Stack: The Ultimate Guide to Financial Accounts for Startups & SMEs
From day one to IPO: A guide to choosing the right banking stack for freelancers, bootstrapped founders, and venture-backed startups.
The Financial Ladder: The Ultimate Guide to Accounts for Students & Pros
From zero balance to building wealth: A step-by-step decision tree to choosing the right financial account for every stage of your life.
Series I Savings Bonds: The Inflation Killer (Updated 2026)
Everything you need to know about the government bond that fights inflation. Current rates, strategy, and how to buy.
The Ultimate Guide to Treasury Bill ETFs (November 2026)
Everything you need to know about Treasury Bill ETFs: What they are, why smart investors use them for cash management, and how to buy them.
Meet Finsight: The Financial Brain You've Always Wanted
Discover how Finsight combines Maxint's real-time data layer with the world's most advanced AI models to act as your personal CFO.
Unleash Your Own Intelligence: Introducing Custom AI Models on Maxint
Bring your own API keys (BYOK) to plug in your favorite LLMs—including DeepSeek, Groq, Anthropic, Google Gemini, and OpenAI.
Best money market funds
How money market funds work, how they compare with savings accounts and T-Bill ETFs, and the top funds by 7-day yield as of February 2026.
Best banks for startups in November 2026
Today’s top business checking accounts for startups ranked by APY, plus what startup banks offer over traditional banks and when to switch.
Best high-yield savings accounts in November 2026
Today’s top high-yield savings accounts ranked by APY, plus why they pay more than traditional savings accounts and what to check before you open one.
Best CD rates in November 2026
Today’s top certificate of deposit (CD) rates ranked by APY, plus how CDs work, when to use one, and what early withdrawal penalties cost.
Best money market accounts in November 2026
Today’s top money market accounts ranked by APY, plus how an MMA differs from a savings or checking account and what to check before you open one.
Best brokerage accounts
How brokerage accounts work, which type to choose, and the top brokers by APY on uninvested cash as of February 2026.
Best checking accounts in November 2026
Today’s top checking accounts ranked by APY, plus what a checking account is for, when a high-yield one makes sense, and what to check before you open one.
Savings lost $1.1 trillion in purchasing power in 2022
In 2022, inflation rose to 6.5% while bank accounts paid an average of 0.44% interest, costing depositors $1.1 trillion in purchasing power.
150% return on Series I savings bonds
Saving $10,000 a year from 1998 to 2022, Series I bonds returned 150% after inflation, while the same cash in a savings account lost 22%.
$33 billion in bank fees charged in 2022
US consumers paid $33 billion in bank fees in 2022, more than the GDP of 101 of the world’s 193 countries. Here’s what banks charge for, and how to avoid it.
6 best high-yield bank accounts
In 2022, interest on bank accounts ranged from zero for 30% of accounts to a national average of 0.47%. These six banks paid the most.
6 no-fee banks in 2022
Only 6 of the 60 largest US financial institutions charged no service fees on deposit accounts in 2022. Here they are.
Best banks for saving money in the last decade
Of the 60 largest US financial institutions by deposits, Goldman Sachs, Capital One and American Express paid savers the highest annual interest between 2013 and 2022.