Comments on: I Finally Signed Up For Mint

By: Slinky

Slinky — Wed, 05 Nov 2008 23:22:07 +0000

Sure…Mint doesn’t store your login, password, and any other credentials. They send it to a third party (Yodlee) who DOES store it. They can be hacked too, and they don’t need your name to type in an account number and password. From there they have complete access to your cash.

I don’t understand why everyone says Mint is so secure. It’s not any more secure than anywhere else. They just pass the buck to a third party and gloss over the fact. Your information is still stored on someone else’s servers.

By: Bill

Bill — Fri, 31 Oct 2008 15:48:39 +0000

I am still concerned about how safe this is. The reason being that it takes all of your accounts. What happens if this business goes under. Then they have all of your personal information. For the time being I would rather pay for Quicken or something where I feel it is much more secure. I see that everybody has a positive opinion about it. I’m kind of conflicted as to what I need to do.

By: Morgo

Morgo — Tue, 28 Oct 2008 12:28:55 +0000

I have been using Mint for a few months now, and I love it. I think it is significantly better than other personal finance tracking applications like Wesabe or Yodlee. I like to see how my spending patterns change from month to month with the trends pie chart. I am also glad that they recently added the investment tracking feature. The one problem I have is that Mint does not allow me to add my mortgage. I got the mortgage through a state agency, and this is not available as an option. It would be nice to set up custom accounts to get an accurate depiction of Net Worth. I use Microsoft Excel to track my net worth now.

By: Nick

Nick — Fri, 17 Oct 2008 22:03:46 +0000

Mint is definitely a quality site. I’ve been on it for a few months and it really helps to get a real picture of your financial situation. Getting started is a bit of a pain, entering everything and categorizing it, but it’s worth the work.

By: money_wise

money_wise — Fri, 17 Oct 2008 21:56:34 +0000

Mint seem to have a problem with adding BofA loans especially if you live in WA or ID. Apart from that, it’s a great tool!

By: Mike

Mike — Fri, 17 Oct 2008 19:52:13 +0000

I’ve used Yodlee for a while and think they are too unreliable. I failed to make a payment about 4 months ago, because they did not show up in bills due and I could have missed a lot more, but realized they were missing before the due date.

I’ll give Mint a try and hope they are more reliable.

By: JanePlain

JanePlain — Thu, 16 Oct 2008 23:41:15 +0000

I’ve tried wesabe, geezeo and mint, and overall, i like Mint the best. It’s layout is clean, and as you said, it’s simple to set up. The only negative I find is that the reporting (the pie chart) is sometimes not accurate… and also that, some of my bank records are updated as of the last business day… it’s not too big a deal, however, and I’ll definitely keep on using MInt for now