Comments on: Mint.com gets a thumbs down.

By: David Wang

David Wang — Thu, 01 Apr 2010 23:27:19 +0000

shows what I know!

By: haha

haha — Thu, 01 Apr 2010 21:16:01 +0000

2 years later, the owners of Quicken bought Mint.com...

funny

By: jack

jack — Tue, 09 Jun 2009 11:00:15 +0000

Looks impressive but really don’t know much about it as I use manageME7 for managing my finances. It’s so convenient to use that I never find any reason to change to another money management tool.

Also I can use this web based application anywhere, anytime while traveling.

By: Jason

Jason — Tue, 30 Sep 2008 12:59:44 +0000

Hi David,

Mint.com is strictly read only, so there is no way anyone, even you, could move any money around with it. Like any other system, including online banking, the security is only as good as your password. There is no way to recover your bank passwords through Mint either, they are one-way encrypted.

Data syncs every night, so that you don’t need to ever worry about data entry or manual sync-ing. This is the primary benefit of Mint, it is designed for the type of person who just wants to have a handle on their finances without doing bookkeeping every month.

I also argue that this keeps you safer, as we proactively alert you if we notice any activity in your account such as large purchases that might be an indicator of fraud or a stolen card. Several users have written in that we have saved them in this manner.

Thanks for giving it a try, and I encourage you to keep an eye on it as we are continually making this product better.

Thanks,

Jason M. Putorti
Lead Designer, mint.com

By: admin

admin — Sun, 31 Aug 2008 04:15:57 +0000

I can definitely see it from both sides, being a feature, and not. However, I’m pretty wary of startups who want to have access to my most sensitive information. I believe if it were a desktop application, I would feel much more comfortable with it.

By: jbpounders

jbpounders — Sat, 30 Aug 2008 07:54:31 +0000

I like that mint tracks my finances without me logging in. I consider that a feature. How else would they be able to notify when important events happen? Either way good write up though I disagree.