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Wall Street Journal

Tracking Your Money Without Paying a Mint

30 April 2008 · Katherine Boehret

This Web site worked ideally for me … and it’s a pleasure to use. [Mint.com] will appeal to a broad range of people who want to feel more in control of their money, but don’t want to spend a lot of time updating their information. I set up my information in minutes, not hours …

In seconds, Mint used data from my accounts to automatically generate pie charts that illustrated where my money was spent … I learned about a high-yield savings account that would potentially allow me to earn hundreds more in interest each year … I found Mint’s automatic alerts for be especially helpful. Mint is a real boon…

CNN

Living Paycheck to Paycheck

3 April 2008 · Gerri Willis

Check out mint.com. This site lets you input your user name and password for each of your bank, credit card and investment accounts, and Mint automatically draws in all your transaction and balance information. You'll be able to review your spending in a pie chart. And you'll receive an alert when there is unusual activity, a low bank account balance or an upcoming bill.

PC World

Online Finance Services Show Where Your
Money Goes

28 January 2008 · Yardena Arar

Mint.com, which opened as a public beta in September, is a great way to dip your toe into managing your personal finances, mainly because it's free. During signup, you provide user ID and password info for your existing online accounts; Mint then grabs all the transaction information available (most institutions will provide 30 to 90 days' worth); assigns it a category; and gives you graphical snapshots of your income and spending habits based on those categories. Periodically thereafter, the service automatically updates your accounts.

Fortune

Got cash? Let the bidding wars begin

25 January 2008 · Jon Fortt

But the one getting the most buzz is Mint.com; it was named startup of the year at a tech conference last fall. The brainchild of CEO Aaron Patzer, Mint gives its software away and makes its money referring members to banks, credit card companies, and soon brokerage houses that can offer users better rates than they're getting now. Mint has picked up 100,000 members in less than six months - members who could help Microsoft blunt Google's push in online documents and spreadsheets.

The Wall Street Journal

Online Tools Aid Money Juggling

15 January 2008 · Amy Hoak

Mint.com is for people "who want to get in and get out," Chief Executive Aaron Patzer said. The average user spends five minutes at the free site to check accounts. Users will get recommendations for banks and credit cards at the site, and some of the companies are site sponsors.

All Things Digital

Mint Guy Aaron Patzer Speaks!

10 January 2008 · Kara Swisher (All Things Digital)

TThe free Web-based service is aimed at a younger demographic interested in finding a way to manage money better, in learning about their spending habits, in being alerted to unusual activity and even in saving some cash by finding better rates on things like bank accounts and credit cards.

It might sound crazy in these frothy Web times, but the Mountain View, Calif.-based start-up certainly has the potential to be actually useful and relevant to consumers and has a doesn’t-make-me-scoff-out-loud business plan that focuses on lead generation for sponsors.

Star-Telegram.com

Cyberbudget: Online tools to manage your expenses

4 January 2008 · Teresa McUsic

Mint.com has received strong praise among personal-finance writers and on Monday, it will receive an award from PC World as one of the 25 most-innovative products at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas.

Mint also will send you alerts either via e-mail or cellphone text when you have reached budget levels you design (mine should read "No more lattes this month!"). It will also send you a message if you need to pay a bill or are being charged a dreaded bank fee.

Forbes

Making a Mint

January 2008 · Andy Greenberg

In March 2007, Patzer created Mint.com, a free Web application that allows users to automatically track and analyze their financial transactions, set budgets, and even send balance updates in text messages to cell phones. Investors have already poured $5.5 million into Mint.com, and users are starting to warm up to the site, too: Since launching in September, Mint has nabbed around 100,000 users who use it to track some $3 billion.

OC Register

Restaurants trying to fill empty tables

27 December 2007 · Nancy Luna

Trying to rein in his spending, Sean Hsieh, 23, began using a free personal finance program to track his expenses this summer.

Mint.com looked at every part of Hsieh's spending – from his fuel costs to his monthly Starbucks tab. After using the free Internet tool for a few months, the Ladera Ranch resident was shocked to learn he was spending $800 to $1,000 a month dining out.

King5.com

New Web sites track how much you spend

27 December 2007 · Joyce Taylor

"I used to go to the ATM and, you know, check on my balances and it would just be a lot less than I had imagined," she said. "It could be like $200 less. It seemed like a good time to sit down and start budgeting."

Rather than buying personal finance software, Kim turned to mint.com, one of several new and free budgeting Web sites.

"I can just log onto to mint and check in on my accounts and see where my balances are and where everything is," she said. "So, it's pretty quick and easy."

New York Times

A MapQuest for Our Money

22 November 2007 · Michelle Slatalla

Mint logged into all our bank and credit card accounts on my behalf (with just the user names and passwords, and no account numbers) to get updated information on the previous quarter's balances and transactions. The site then organized the data in a simple format. It all happened in seconds…”

Securing very important data: your own

7 October 2007 · Denise Caruso

The newest generation of [Web applications] is starting to collect and store far more than just the standard suite of identity data … They increasingly store information, generated by us, that is directly linked to [banks and credit-card processors].

And users are loving them.

For example, the start-up Mint.com won this year’s TechCrunch award for its Swiss Army knife approach to personal financial management.”

Fast Company

Easy Money

December 2007 · Anya Kamenetz

[Mint”s] secret sauce is a patent-pending algorithm that matches transactions with a database of 14 million US merchants… obviating the need to keep a check register.”

Business Week

101 Best Web Freebies

7 November 2007 · Douglas MacMillan

Register anonymously for online accounting software Mint, and keep multiple credit and bank accounts organized in one place, with alerts for upcoming bills and low balances. Mint also analyzes your spending patterns and suggests ways to save.”

Wall Street Journal

Financial Software Makes Move to Web

22 October 2007 · Lee Gomes

Personal-finance software, such as Quicken or Money, has long been a mainstay for home computers, but it's another example of something you can now do online.”

Orlando Sentinel

What's hot online? Techies like Twitter and Mint

29 September 2007 · Etan Horowitz

Bloggers are buzzing about Mint… one of several free online tools to manage your money, but what makes it stand out is how easy it is to use. Unlike other sites, you don't have to download your bank account activity and upload it to Mint.”

San Francisco Chronicle

The award goes to...Mint

19 September 2007 · Verne Kopytoff

The winner out of 40 companies presenting was Mint, a free Web site that helps users organize and track of their finances, investments and bills. As someone who has heard seen countless start-up demos (and is perhaps a bit jaded), I was impressed.”

GigaOm

Mint’s A Personal Finance After-Banking Treat

18 September 2007 · Adena DeMonte

First off, the site makes it easy to connect checking, savings and other non-investment accounts. Sites like Wesabe require a software download for automatic updates, but Mint automates the entire process without any extra download hassles. The entire sign-up process for Mint took a few minutes, whereas it took me a good half an hour or so to get started on both Wesabe and Geezeo.”

TechCrunch

Mint Wins TechCrunch40 Top Company Award; Takes $50,000 Prize

18 September 2007 · Mark Hendrickson

Jason Calacanis just announced that Mint was chosen as the best presenting company at TechCrunch40. The provider of an impressive personal finance application will receive $50,000 as part of the award.”