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Mint.com is an online financial tool owned by Intuit. It tracks account activity by downloading transactions, and allows you to set goals and budgets.

Mint.com is an online financial tool owned by Intuit. It tracks account activity at supported institutions by downloading transactions and categorizing them. Mint.com provides reports on transactions, allows you to set budgets and goals, and displays the balances of your accounts.

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Are bank customers allowed to provide username & password to sites like Mint.com?

This question is not about whether Mint.com is secure, or not. That is beside the point. (Refer to this question on the subject of trusting Mint.com and similar services.) Rather: Are bank customers permitted, under whatever account agreement…
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Are there any risks from using mint.com?

Having more accounts and more passwords probably increases the chances that someone could hack into at least one account. But even if someone did hack into my Mint account, would there be any reason to worry? What about other risks with mint.com?…
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Professionals who provide the same services as Mint; i.e. personal expense tracking & analysis?

Not long ago I went to a financial advisor/money manager for a discussion of all (I mean all) my finances and was needing some analytics in the short term to decide what smart actions to take for the long term. We talked right past one another…
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Online money management applications: Do you trust Mint.com or Quicken Online, or other personal finance tools online?

For online applications such as Mint and Quicken (online), to automatically update your accounts, they'll always ask you to enter your login info to your banking and/or investment accounts. Do you trust giving out these types of personal…
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How does mint.com connect to online banks in order to get or download transaction data?

How does mint.com connect to online banks in order to get or download banking transaction data? Do banks have a standard mechanism for mint.com to connect, or is mint.com simulating a real person logging in and using the online banking site?
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Possible replacement for Quicken

I have been using quicken to track my financial life for about 10 years now and am generally happy with it. A couple of years back Intuit changed the ability to download stock quotes for 2 years maximum. After that 2 years you need to buy the next…
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Can I use Mint.com without giving out bank details & manually enter transactions instead?

Can I use Mint.com without giving out my bank details (credentials), and manually enter my transactions instead?
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TurboTax is telling me to open an IRA now, and get a $5K deduction this year, is this a smart thing to do?

I'm 21 years old, and 2009's total itemized deduction for me is $1,908. I'm going with the standard deduction, but next year seems like it has a lot of potential to save if I open up this IRA that mint.com/turbotax is offering. Should I worry about…
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Desktop application equivalent to Mint.com?

I like Mint.com's user interface and functionality, but don't trust onlines to hold my banking information. I don't think they are malicious, but holding so many bank accounts in one place makes them an attractive target for hackers. Are there any…
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Is there something similar to Mint.com for Canada?

Mint.com sounds like an interesting service, but it doesn't look like it works in Canada. Is there an alternative for us?
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Is Mint.com an adequate substitute for Microsoft Money? How does it compare?

I've been looking for alternatives to MSMoney since Microsoft announced they were discontinuing the product line, and came across Mint.com, which looks promising. Are any of you using it? Is it a decent substitute for MSMoney? Any major…
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Searching transaction in Mint by text in notes

In Mint, when using the search bar in the transactions tab, any text I use gets matched either to categories, description or tags and even date or amounts if I use numbers, but I can't find a way to search for text in the notes. Does anybody know a…
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How can I track TreasuryDirect savings bonds with Mint?

I have a pair of Series I Savings Bonds with TreasuryDirect. Is it possible to track their value using Mint? If so, what's the simplest way to do it?
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Mint.com: How to set up savings line items in budget: As expense, income, or neither?

This question is really more specific to Mint.com since I do all of my personal account management there. In the Budgets tab, I always have the unaccounted transactions at the bottom of the page where my Savings transactions sit. For a time, I would…
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How to use Mint.com outside US/Canada?

Is it possible to use the mint.com service outside US/Canada? If not (most probably), which similar services also work outside US/Canada? I'm currently using TheBirdy, but it doesn't directly data from credit cards...
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