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TheCatt 
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Posted on: Jun. 26 2009,06:32 |
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Mint is personal finance software that is web-based instead of PC based (like Money or Quicken).
After switching to a new PC over winter, and then rebuilding it due to a faulty HD, I basically gave up on using Money, and have been looking for something not-PC-based to used.
So yesterday I signed up for Mint. Â It was a little cumbersome to add account (since many require challenge questions in addition to basic username/pw), but after about 25 minutes I got all of our accounts in there (a couple of 529s, our investment accounts, checking, credit cards, etc).
So far, I really just like the fact that it's web-based, so it's easy for my wife and I to each login and look, without having to have a file on a server, or worry about any other crap. Â It shows transaction history, account balances, value over time, etc. Â All accounts are automatically updated in the background.
I haven't done much with it yet, and it does make me nervous to have account information externally like that, but it sure is convenient.
Edited by TheCatt on Sep. 29 2010,09:34
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GORDON
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Posted on: Jun. 26 2009,06:59 |
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Sounds like your entire financial life is on someone else's server. Yikes.
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TheCatt
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Posted on: Jun. 26 2009,08:05 |
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Yeah, it does. But, fuck it. MS Money knew all my details and talked to its server too.
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TheCatt
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Posted on: Sep. 14 2009,09:43 |
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Mint bought by Quicken.
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TheCatt
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Posted on: Sep. 14 2009,09:44 |
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Only issues so far:
1 of my accounts (my new 401k) just doesnt work at all.
Another account (my primary credit card) works only rarely.
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TheCatt
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Posted on: Sep. 29 2010,09:36 |
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They've kept improving it. Every once in a while my USAA credit card bombs out and won't update, so I have to re-add it, but overall I really like this site.
Mint has even added budgets, goal tracking (retirement, education savings, etc). So far it's so much better than Quicken or Money ever were, it's not even funny.
10/10
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