The Overdue Mint.com Review

I have been wanting to write a review of Mint.com for months. I started a review last fall but a checking account I needed to use to test Mint wasn't setting up, so I put it on my list to research later. Then I needed to focus on some huge-o-mundo projects and after that, tax software called me away. Last week, I had a chance to try setting up that checking account again in Mint, and this time the set up went through without a hitch. And, I noticed an exciting change: sometime between the huge-o-mundo projects and tax software season, Mint started offering split transactions. That was it, I was finishing up my Mint review before I did another thing. Well, maybe I got myself a glass of lemonade and an Amaretto Milano cookie before my fingertips hit the keyboard.

If you frequent personal finance sites on the 'net or you visit social bookmarking sites or Web 2.0 news feeds, you have heard of Mint already since it has racked up a few awards and has enjoyed quite a bit of chatter across the Internet for a few months now. If you still haven't heard of Mint, it is free online software for simple money management. Mint.com is is easy to use and has some really cool features (no pun intended - really) like automated transaction downloads that update accounts every night, weekly or month account summaries via email or text message and great-looking graphs to keep an eye on where your money goes. Oh yeah, and Mint give you ideas for saving money on the things you are buying now, but it does not throw ads in your face to do it. I love being able to refer to offers when I want to, and not be inundated with pop-ups in exchange for using free software.

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