[ale] MS Money Alternative (was error booting XP after dual boot install of Ubuntu 7.10)

[James Sumners]

Mint and Yodlee use the same authentication system. It is the same
authentication system used by most banks. Maybe the two sites have
different goals, but I haven't been impressed enough with Mint to give
another web based system a try.

On Wed, Apr 9, 2008 at 2:06 PM, Matt Kubilus <mattkubilus at gmail.com> wrote:
> I don't know about mint, but...
>  I have yodlee setup with bugdets.  It auto updates my accounts,
>  categorizes the transactions, sends me email alerts when i'm nearing
>  thresholds.  I can login see what I've spent where, graph my income to
>  expenses over time, keep track of my net worth.
>
>  I think I could setup auto-bill pay, but I guess I'm just lazy.
>
>  It can take a little bit of setting up, but is far more convenient
>  than any of the local options I've used.
>
>  I'll admit the ms money has better charting options, but that pretty
>  much goes for all the other options.  In fact, I could download all my
>  transactions if I really needed more charting, but I find the built in
>  stuff good enough for my needs.
>
>  There are other online finance apps, but I would be a little careful.
>  Yodlee is the only one I'm aware of that actually is used by financial
>  organizations as their portal interface.
>
>  -Matt



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