February 2, 2012
These days, the idea of transferring money via the Internet is not only accepted, it’s often essential. There are many freelancers who nowadays rely on Internet payments in order to carry out business. Most of us currently rely on PayPal to ensure our payments get through. Now there’s a new competitor called WePay in town who might make a viable alternative if you’re a US-based customer.
February 2, 2012
Mint has now launched its much-loved financial software application for Android tablets. Mint.com is an awesome way to keep track of your spending and savings. It allows you to set goals, keep track of where you are spending your money, as well be reminded when you have bills coming up to be paid. If you [...]
December 12, 2011
In this holiday season, and in these economically challenging times, it pays (pardon the pun) to keep track of our spending so that you don’t allow gift buying and other money related activities to end up setting you back for months and months. Here are a couple of cool websites I recommend, Mint.com and OneReceipt, that can help keep track of where your money goes.
October 31, 2011
The online personal finance and budgeting site, Mint.com released this week the iPad version of its mobile application. The app not only includes features found in the iPhone version, but it is a completely redesigned user interface that allows users to track their financial accounts and transactions, and make changes to existing data.
October 3, 2011
Anyone who hates the sight of a balance sheet will tell you that handling and managing household finance is often and arduous task. Heck, it’s even a marital bone of contention. That’s where The Birdy steps in with its dead simple one-email-a-day approach. The Birdy takes your simple financial entries and uses simple graphs to explain where you are spending your salary on.
September 20, 2011
Google officially launched its mobile payment system Google Wallet yesterday, and it could very well change how we pay for merchandise and services. For now, the Google Wallet is only set up for Sprint Nexus S 4G phone users, but no doubt it will spread to other smartphone devices very soon.
September 20, 2011
BitCoin, the web’s virtual currency, isn’t without its controversy. But two things are known for sure – it’s an interesting economic experiment, and people are using it to buy real things right now. Whether you just want to find out more about BitCoin or to actually use the currency, you’ll want to check out “Virtual Currency: The BitCoin Guide”, the latest manual from author Lachlan Roy.
August 31, 2011
PayNearMe is a pretty revolutionary service that has been around for some time, and they are expanding their payment services a little further, now offering the ability to pay with cash for online purchases, money transfers and even utility bills. For people who are unable to get a credit card and do not have a bank account this opens up a whole new way to be able to safely shop online.
August 17, 2011
One of my goals is to start tracking my expenses. I’ve tried Mint and even trusted it with my bank information, but I never actually logged on the website much to get an overview of my transactions. At this point, I feel like it’s better to keep it simple when it comes to managing my own finances, and to develop a simple system to make me like the process of money management.
August 15, 2011
Chext makes tracking your bank account as simple as sending a text message. Chext is a free service that won’t ask you to connect to your bank account online so you don’t have to worry about giving unauthorized users access to your financial information. It also works on any text-enabled phone.
