FinGo: an exciting and challenging game to develop the habit and culture of savings / Nurhafizah Mohd Zolkapli ... [et al.]

• Main Authors: Mohd Zolkapli, Nurhafizah, Rosli, Nurul Hasya, Mohamad Zam, Siti Aina, Ahmad Lutfi, Nurul Fatimah Nabilah, Romzi, Nurul Syakirah
• Format: Book Section
• Language: English
• Published: Universiti Teknologi MARA, Kedah 2023
• Subjects: Technological innovations; Information technology. Information systems
• Online Access: https://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/85795/1/85795.pdf; https://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/85795/

FinGo is a novel financial bingo game application that has been invented to reinforce terms related to budgeting with a mobile device. FinGo is a game that adults and teenagers can enjoy, and it is designed to encourage them to save money. It can help the players start a plan to balance needs and wants when creating a budget. Nowadays, people continue to be ignorant that they are developing wasteful and extravagant spending habits without even realizing it. There is still a great deal of folks caught in this predicament. Buying unnecessary items only invites waste, further affecting personal economic satisfaction. People usually spend more than they can afford to. Fear of being labelled as not following the latest trends or being said to be outdated makes many people fail to distinguish between spending needs and wants. In this way, people have the option to choose their way to save money with interactive game. The main objective of creating FinGo is to find the financial bingo challenge to make saving more exciting and engaging affairs. It becomes easier when a user develops their savings strategy as a game. Whatever financial goal the player wants to achieve during that period, seeing the challenge is a step towards financial freedom. The uniqueness of FinGo game is it offer very different style of saving money by setting your goals and entertaining financial planners. Players of the financial bingo game FinGo are continually inspired to reach their financial goals. Taking on this challenge can help the players stay motivated and accomplish some of their goals. This financial bingo challenge gives them a chance to save and stick to their spending plan. Utilizing this challenge is advantageous since it can be altered to suit the individual's preferences. Not to mention, it teaches them the importance of saving up money before spending.