Introducing giffgaff gameplan

tom_tee

Hi there,

You may have seen recently that we've launched giffgaff gameplan. If not, don't worry. Whether you're a long-time member or have just recently joined, I'm here to give you the full story.

giffgaff gameplan has been a long time in the making. In the interests of mutual giving, we wanted to find a way to help our members save a few quid each month. This started life in the world of loans, quickly shifted over to comparison products (energy, car insurance and so on) and then a free credit report.

As time wore on, we realised we could do so much more for you, our members. We wanted to create something that enabled you to take control of your money, so we started building a PFM - a Personal Finance Manager. It's like having your own financial advisor in your pocket.

After a few bumps in the road, a lot of elbow grease and help from our giffgaff gameplan founders club, we're excited to announce the launch of giffgaff gameplan!

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This is just the start, of course. We're continuously adding more features and improving the service with the help of our founders and giffgaff members. If you want to be one of the members that help shape the future, drop us a comment below.

The giffgaff gameplan team

peterhall0012

Thanks for the information Tommy.

shahzadh

Thank for info. Not sure if I will use it at this point.

frenchielove

Thank you for the information @tom_tee

davidevans0000

Thank you for the information @tom_tee

isabel1066

Thank you for the information @tom_tee

varun1234

This is very good I would love to be a part of it as a student who has to save

allan1954

Thanks @tom_tee

dtuxcomp

@tom_tee Thanks for the update, I've been involved pretty much from the start I think, sadly I had to step back when it went live as I was never going to allow it access to my bank account, as I've said before that's not about GG or the ap, nothing gets access to my account. If there's ever movement on giving us an example account to play with I'll gladly jump back in and continue testing the ap, although someone might have to give me a prod as I might not notice that's been achieved otherwise 🙂

Those latest pics are looking good BTW 🙂 Congrats to all the GG team and my fellow founders 🙂

haseebhejazi

I like this great information

warrenl

hi
Have I understood this correctly, if I want to take advandage of the Bulb offer I have to join Gameplan, and to join Gameplan I must give you access to my bank account?
So to take advantage of the Bulb offer (which I admit is a tempting offer) I have to give you access to my bank account?
A second question, if I do give you access, does it have to be the bank account that Bulb will use for the direct debit?
thanks.

t_will

@warrenl wrote:

hi

Have I understood this correctly, if I want to take advandage of the Bulb offer I have to join Gameplan, and to join Gameplan I must give you access to my bank account?

So to take advantage of the Bulb offer (which I admit is a tempting offer) I have to give you access to my bank account?

A second question, if I do give you access, does it have to be the bank account that Bulb will use for the direct debit?

thanks.

It doesn't have to be the same account - use whatever account you think giffgaff gameplan will work with best. The system looks at your transactions and gives you insights on your spending, so it would make sense to use the supported account that you use for spending most often.

To be clear, though, giffgaff gameplan doesn't have access to your bank account in the way that, for example, you do. We connect with your bank using secure Open Banking technology, approved by the FCA, that gives the site read-only access to information about your transactions, but doesn't allow transactions themselves to be made in either direction. That connection is controlled from your bank's end, and they not only approve each connection, but you need to actively confirm that you want to keep the connection open after 90 days.

gedbell

This seems a great way to keep track of spending @t_will does GiffGaff sell the metrics gathered to other companies?

tom_tee

Hi @gedbell , no we are not selling the metrics or data. If you would like more information, please see our privacy policy: https://giffgaff.com/boiler-plate/privacy#giffgaff-gameplan-pp

Thanks,
Tom

gedbell

Thanks for the info Tom

suzydod

Thanks for the info me I need to look at it later on

shirley_knott

I'm slowly catching up with the world. This helps. Cheers tom_tee.