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This cleverly designed piggy bank looks like a giant key from a computer keyboard, emblazoned with word “Save.”

The oversize plastic computer key (4.5″ x 4.5″ x 2.25″) serves as a constant reminder to save those spare coins you found under the couch cushion. The Auto Save Bank is just $10 from Uncommon Goods.

These wacky alarm clocks ensure that you’ll build up your savings by forcing you to put money in it before the alarm will shut off.
The colorful cube clock will keep beeping incessantly each morning until you feed it some coins. While I’m sure this would get really annoying, really quickly, it could be good for those of you who aren’t good at pinching pennies…

A couple of years back, a new regulation was passed that enabled banks to remotely deposit checks by scanning digital images, then transmitting the images to the originating bank. Now that digital images of checks are considered to be just as good as paper checks, it looks like this technology is starting to hit homes…