Today on the Consumerism Commentary Podcast, Tom Dziubek talks with Mint.com‘s Vice President of Product, Aaron Forth, about Mint’s new bill reminder feature. Aaron also discusses ways the smartphone app can help you acquire a more accurate bank account balance and also talks about what savings and spending trends they’ve seen.
Mint’s New Bill Reminder Feature: S05E19 / 147
Table of contents
[00:00] Introduction from Tom Dziubek
[00:36] Interview with Aaron Forth
– [00:46] The Mint.com service
– [03:09] Bill reminders
– [06:31] Tracking customers who have problems paying bills
– [07:19] Using data to help improve the service
– [08:16] Tracking spending and saving behaviors
– [09:39] Other new features at Mint / adding manual transactions
– [13:50] New projects in the works
[15:17] End
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Luke Landes founded Consumerism Commentary in 2003 and has been building online communities since 1990. Luke, also known as Flexo, has contributed to PC World Magazine, US News, Forbes, and other publications. 
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I’m a member of mint.com and it is such a great website. I have my bank & credit card accounts linked so I can view all transactions I’ve made. Not to mention, their sections on trends, investing and goals are excellent. The bill reminder is a great feature as well. The more websites that can help people get track of their spending, maintain good credit & reduce credit card debt is a very good thing for the american consumer.
One thing i hope gets added to the bill reminder feature is a mark paid feature. I like the reminders but if i’ve already paid a bill early i don’t want the reminder. Also a manual mark paid option would be nice so i can mark a bill as paid when i make or submit the payment and not have to wait for the bill payment to post to my account(s).