Tag: BANKING

Google's Android Market has a developer-friendly reputation, with open source code and no strict Apple-like approval process before devs can sell their software. Sometimes that openness is used for nefarious purposes, though, and malware creeps in. Just recently, the Android Market was hit with its first phishing attack, via some apps that used fairly standard tactics of mimicking bank websites to ...

BillShrink is a web service that helps you find the best deals on cellphone service, credit card accounts, and even the best gas prices. Since launching a year and a half ago as a wireless comparison engine, the BillShrink team has steadily continued adding new services. Now BillShrink has added bank accounts to its lineup. In order to find the best savings accounts and CDs, you enter the amount ...

There's a lot of great financial tracking software out there now. Sites like Mint and Rudder that link up to your bank account and track your spending automatically are great, but what if you don't want to give your account information to a finance site? Texthog is a lot like old-school DIY checkbook balancing, except replacing pen and paper with SMS, email and Twitter. You can send a ...

Want to save up for a new house, car, or computer, but don't have the self discipline to set aside a bit of your paycheck every month? SmartyPig is an online banking service designed to help. Here's how it works. You set up an account, tell SmartyPig how much you want to save, and when you want to save it by, and the service will tell you how much you need to set aside each month. You can then set ...

How many web pages do you login to every day? There's your email accounts, social networking sites, bank and credit card web sites, online stores, and entertainment web sites. That's a lot of passwords and URLs to remember. PageOnce aims to make things a lot easier by letting you view all of your online accounts in one place. The site is in private beta, but if you visit TechCrunch, you might be ...

The key to saving money is knowing what you're spending it on. If you can keep track of every cent, you can discover exactly where your money is going and act accordingly. Spendview is an online application that enables users to track and visualize balances and expense data in one place. This is done through an engine that tags and categorizes spending in order to make your finances somewhat ...

The leader in personal finance is getting set to launch a strong presence online. All startup finance applications start shaking in their winter boots. Intuit is getting ready for their winter launch of Quicken Online, a web based version of their personal finance application. If you have worried about security in the past with the recent slew of online financial software, Quicken should ease your ...

Banking online is a touchy subject. Many old-timers still don't want to touch it with a 20 foot pole due to a ton of privacy concerns, but many of us gravitate towards doing banking on our own time, and at our own convenience. Wesabe, a company that helps its members by sharing information about where they spend their money and linking to a dedicated community where they can help each other make ...