But Don’t Take Any Wooden Ones…
CEO Aaron Patzer’s surprising big news is that Mint.com is now on the Yahoo homepage. I think everyone was expecting Patzer to mention Intuit’s acquisition of Mint, but it’s probably too soon to comment on it yet. I used to watch stocks on Yahoo Finance years ago before Google, so now may be a good [...]
Canopy Financial has an iPhone app where you find out local health care costs and manage health saving accounts. Canopy mobile will let you know what are your out of pocket expenses and give information on deductibles. This is great information to have so that people can decide on the most cost efficient use of [...]
On Deck Capital provides small businesses with loans. Analyzing cash flow, credit and transaction data is how On Deck decides what businesses to can qualify for a loan. The loan application is online and a loan can be approved quickly. On Deck offers short-term loans and they often to lend to businesses who have a [...]
Kasasa works with community banks and credit unions to create free checking ans saving accounts for consumers. Kasasa does all the marketing and creative. Kasasa is a product of BancVue/FirstROI. Kasasa Tunes free stuff from iTunes. The guys from Kasasa had a great presentation even if it was a little corny. Helping the smaller local [...]
POPMoney is a new product from CashEdge. You can send money via your online banking to another person via email, mobile number or bank account. For me and anyone else who uses PayPal to pay people or get payment, this sounds great. I am really excited about POPMoney. It could be a great replacement to [...]
Kapitall is a web platform for investing. Graphical interface makes it interesting and the display looks very user friendly. one of the founders expressed that he wanted the site to resemble a game. Kapitall is partnering with TD Ameritrade. Beta will open on September 30.
I caught the end of Home Account presentation. They want to be the Kayak.com of home lending. CEO Amy Butte presented TILE Financial. Amy was formerly the CFO of the New York Stock Exchange. Tile is a financial dashboard for young people. It looks similar to Mint.com. Donations to charities are featured. The goal is [...]
Billeo.com is announcing offer assistant that shows what retailers have offers. This similar to RetailMeNot but better since you find the offers via a Google Search instead of going to a partner site. Billeo has partnered with Upside, a prepaid debit card to show retail coupons and discounts.
While I was in grade school, I learned about money via Junior Achievement. In 2009, Cents City aims to teach kids about money with a fun interactive site where they can earn points which can use for actual products.
CEO Aaron Patzer’s big news is that Mint.com is on Yahoo homepage. I used to watch stocks on Yahoo Finance years ago before Google, so now may be a good time to bookmark Yahoo as a tab on Firefox. BTW, you can also see your Facebook stream on Yahoo homepage.
September 30, 2009
Nichelle Stephens
