Comments on: Having a Mint, btw what’s a good bank.

By: Jeff

Jeff — Thu, 27 Sep 2007 23:03:06 +0000

I have been using Yodlee for a few years. Mint is simply using Yodlee as the conduit to manage your accounts aggregation. Should be interesting to monitor its progression over the next few months.

By: Cap

Cap — Thu, 20 Sep 2007 03:54:39 +0000

Hey Ryan,

Just wanted to respond to your question on brokerage type accounts for Aaron. We’d be rolling out with features to support those account type in the future, as they are definitely an important component of financial picture. There’s a list of features that we’ll be rolling out on the mint blog, so if you’re curious you can check that out.

Andrew,

Yes, Mint is only for the US right now…but in case you have friends in Canada, Australia, New Zealand, and the UK, we’ll be expanding there next year. If you know a software engineer, or a product manager familiar with Australia’s (or countries in the EU) financial services industry, major banks, and any relevant regulations, send a note to jobs@mint.com. We can definitely use the help to expand to Europe and Australia!

By: Andrew

Andrew — Thu, 20 Sep 2007 00:20:30 +0000

I mostly use Citibank because they are global and always have someone in the branch that speaks english. Also they are pretty savvy to internet banking, fraud etc…I see they work with Mint too.

Great for travellers.

I just wish this “Mint” service was available in Australia…it is exactly what I am looking for.

By: Ryan

Ryan — Wed, 19 Sep 2007 23:18:10 +0000

OH ya I forgot.. Great job on customer service. I’m always impressed when a CEO or developer can take time out of their day to post on blogs. Not many companies understand how important that can be. I’m glad you do.

By: Ryan

Ryan — Wed, 19 Sep 2007 23:15:09 +0000

Hey Aaron. I still haven’t got it to work, but I assumed it was from the techcrunch traffic. That can slow things down quite a bit. I’ve been there before (not techcrunch, but others)

I’m really enjoying what I see on mint though.

For future upgrades, have you thought about letting it handle my ameritrade, fidelity, principal, and other stock market / mutual fund / IRA type accounts?

It’d be neat to have all of that in one spot.

By: Aaron Patzer

Aaron Patzer — Wed, 19 Sep 2007 22:59:45 +0000

Ryan,

Sorry you ran into issues adding your account yesterday (or this morning). In the last 24 hours, we won TechCrunch 40, and were featured in PCWorld, Digg, and San Francisco Chronicle all on the same day. Apparently nearly 100,000 people really needed to get their finances organized immediately!

In the next 2-3 days things should be dramatically faster. Until then, it may take 20-30 minutes to link to your bank accounts (instead of the usual 30-90 seconds). It might also indicate that it “could not connect” but actually worked during a later retry.

My suggestion: Enter a few accounts simultaneously, put it in the background, and (later in the day) enjoy Mint!

Aaron Patzer
Founder & CEO, Mint.com