# Personal Bailouts MissingMoney.com May Have The Cash You've Been Looking For By Going Like Sixty | Published 2009-03-23 | Pop Culture Source: Trend Hunter, https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/missingmoneycom-may-have-cash-for-you References: [online.wsj](http://online.wsj.com/article/SB123708620240131561.html?mod=googlenews_wsj) Missingmoney.com is better than using Google Maps to search the earth, so let’s go treasure hunting online. Missingmoney.com can locate any money that is yours and may be sitting in some state treasury. Better than any ol' bailout, this is *your* cash that you may have forgotten about because it was a [tax refund you never received](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/refund-jeans) because you moved before it got to you. It could also be a utility deposit, or some [bank dividends](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/banksgiving), even your last paycheck before you skipped out, or who knows what? $33 billion is sitting just waiting to be claimed. Attention New York and California residents: your states do *not* participate in Missingmoney.com, so you should go to a website from the [National Association of Unclaimed Property Administrators](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/nia-sun-life)’ Web site, unclaimed.org. While you should never pay a fee to reclaim your property, it can be a long process, so be patient, and happy hunting for your missing money. ## Trend Insights (Trend Hunter) - Score: 3.0/10 - Popularity: 11% | Activity: 70% | Freshness: 8% - Audience gender: 70% men, 30% women - Primary generations: Millennial, Gen X - Top markets: North America ## Categories [Trend Hunter](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends) > [Pop Culture](https://www.trendhunter.com/popculture) > [Internet](https://www.trendhunter.com/internet) ## Key Themes ### What Makes This Trend Stand Out - **Unclaimed Property:** The trend of searching for unclaimed property through websites like Missingmoney.com provides an opportunity for companies to disrupt the traditional banking and financial institution industries. - **Online Treasure Hunting:** The trend of using the internet to search for unclaimed property provides an opportunity for tech companies to disrupt the traditional treasure hunting and metal detecting industries. - **Personal Finance Management:** The trend of individuals searching for unclaimed property provides an opportunity for fintech companies to disrupt the personal finance management industry by offering new tools and software to track and manage one's own finances. ### Sectors Adopting This - **Banking and Financial Institutions:** The unclaimed property trend provides an opportunity for companies to disrupt the banking and financial institution industries by providing alternative methods for individuals to access their money. - **Treasure Hunting and Metal Detecting:** The online treasure hunting trend provides an opportunity for companies to disrupt the traditional treasure hunting and metal detecting industries by offering digital solutions for people looking for lost or unclaimed property. - **Fintech:** The personal finance management trend provides an opportunity for fintech companies to disrupt traditional personal finance management industries by offering new tools and software to help individuals track and manage their finances. ## Related on Trend Hunter - [Margarita Refund Programs](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/milagro-tequila.md) - [Web Browser-Focused Rebate Programs](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/rebate-program.md) - [Streamlined Payment Recovery Tools](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/payment-recovery.md) - [Intelligent Transaction Searches](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/transaction-search.md) - [Automated Savings Tools](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/cashback1.md) - [Subscription Tracking Tools](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/track-subscriptions.md) - [Cashback Comparison Tools](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/savewise-cashback.md) - [Mystery Search Engines](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/mystery-search.md) - [Startup Funding Directories](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/credit-for-startups.md)