Free Budgeting Tool Online

If you are looking for a new way to budget your personal finances online, you might want to check out  Mint.com. It’s a personal finances budgeting tool that will help you cut down on debt, see where your spending lies and help you make cut backs so you can start saving money!

Mint.com is free to use. Once you register, you can create accounts for your banks, credit cards, mortgage and investments. You may be thinking, “WHOA..I am not giving away my personal finance information”. Don’t worry. There have bank level security which means that they have the same encryption as online banking websites have. They also never ask for your name or any other identifiable information.

Here’s a video about the site’s security:

Once you provide the account information, the system pulls your balance information and stores it in your secure account with Mint.com. Now you can see all of your personal finance information in one place. Now your set up is complete and you can start to reap the benefits of the online budgeting tool.

The website will give you graphs and pie charts of how much you spend on what. It will also show you how you can cut down on fees and save money. You can diligently track what is going on with your accounts because the site constantly updates.  Forget balancing your checkbook!

To start using this great free online budgeting tool, head over to Mint.com now. In a matter of minutes, you can finally start to get a handle on your personal finances.

August 14th, 2009 by Marcelina Hardy | Posted in Saving Money | (1)