“Spending Time:” Finances on the Go — iPhone Apps from Mint, Quicken and Wesabe
Mint, Wesabe, and Quicken have now let their Apps out of the bag. Here’s a rundown of each one.
Mint
Here’s how Mint describes what you can do with their app (full blog post here):
Check your credit card balances from that seemingly endless checkout line.
Monitor your gifts budget in real time, in case your loved ones are [...]
New E-Finance Options For All
Every 6 months, people from the online finance world gather at the Finovate conference to display, discuss, and dissect different financial technology startup companies and their products. These products run the gamut from “white-labeled” online banking and fraud prevention for banks and businesses (for example, Springboard by Wesabe and Silver Tail) to at-home PIN-style security [...]
“Spending Time”: Online Money Management, Currently
What’s new in the online financial world?
Still not sure if you want to use an online money management tool? Maybe a friend has mentioned Mint.com, but you want to know more before you get into it. Here are a few links to help you know “what’s up” in the OMMT world and help you decide [...]
“Spending Time”: Visualize Your Finances
(UPDATE: Web-based personal finance has come a long way since I originally wrote this post. Beside Intuit acquiring Mint.com and discontinuing Quicken Online, both Thrive and Wesabe have grown significantly. Ah, such is the way with new frontiers…)
It’s easy to avoid thinking of our finances, and I think most of us do that because it’s [...]
“Spending Time”:Texting With—Your Bank??? Well, Kinda
A number of online money management tools have grown in popularity over the last few months, but for most people, the benefits of this sort of tool aren’t yet clear. I’ve looked at a number of money management tools and used them myself in order to get a better picture of how I’m spending money, [...]