Rebecca Potters

Rebecca Potters is a writer and editor with a background in personal finance, career guidance, e-commerce, and sexual wellness. Her work has been published in The Balance, Spy, Women, Scholastic, Slashfilm, and more.

Experience

Rebecca began working in personal finance as an editor at The Balance in 2018, covering accessible budgeting, small businesses, and career guidance.

Rebecca returned to personal finance in 2023 with Business Insider after leaving The Balance in 2020 to pursue other ventures. Her passion lies in creating accessible, digestible resources for marginalized communities facing barriers in their financial, mental, and sexual health. 

She works to maintain and update Business Insider’s personal finance reviews, roundups, and evergreen articles to ensure readers are provided with reliable, trustworthy information and advice.

Expertise

Rebecca’s areas of personal finance expertise include: 

• Personal loans

• Student loans

• Banking 

• Savings

• Credit

• Budgeting

Education

Rebecca is a graduate of McGill University, where she pursued a degree in English, focusing on how societal actions and pop culture inform one another through a lens of critical theory.