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Ghosts of Subscriptions Past: Trim Cleans Up Your Charges Via Text
Blog post from Twilio
Post Details
Company
Date Published
Author
Kyle Kelly-Yahner
Word Count
451
Language
English
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Summary
In 2016, the rise of subscription-based services led to a problem where consumers struggled to keep track of their monthly commitments, resulting in unnecessary charges. To address this issue, Trim was created as a simple platform that performs an audit of a user's credit card and texts them a list of their subscriptions, allowing users to cancel unwanted ones via text. The company aims to be a "customers' watchdog" and is moving towards becoming more intelligent by proactively analyzing user data to offer personalized recommendations, such as optimizing loan rates.