Comments on: Introduction to other services | Save Money, Spend Wisely and Reach Your Goals | wesabe.com http://blog.communitylend.com/2008/04/30/introduction-to-other-services-save-money-spend-wisely-and-reach-your-goals-wesabecom/ Starting the conversation about P2P Lending in Canada Thu, 09 Sep 2010 05:55:02 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: Dan http://blog.communitylend.com/2008/04/30/introduction-to-other-services-save-money-spend-wisely-and-reach-your-goals-wesabecom/#comment-78 Dan Thu, 01 May 2008 02:45:19 +0000 http://blog.communitylend.com/2008/04/30/introduction-to-other-services-save-money-spend-wisely-and-reach-your-goals-wesabecom/#comment-78 Ya, I'll agree that what I said was a bit premature. I'd imagine that the reason why services like Wesabe and Mint.com don't support Canadian accounts directly is due to the CDN banks' unwillingness to provide the proper platform/data connections/allowances, or the market isn't big enough in the eyes of Wesabe/Mint. If the latter is the case, I think they're missing out on a lot of pent-up demand. Ya, I’ll agree that what I said was a bit premature. I’d imagine that the reason why services like Wesabe and Mint.com don’t support Canadian accounts directly is due to the CDN banks’ unwillingness to provide the proper platform/data connections/allowances, or the market isn’t big enough in the eyes of Wesabe/Mint.

If the latter is the case, I think they’re missing out on a lot of pent-up demand.

]]> By: Colin http://blog.communitylend.com/2008/04/30/introduction-to-other-services-save-money-spend-wisely-and-reach-your-goals-wesabecom/#comment-77 Colin Wed, 30 Apr 2008 21:49:57 +0000 http://blog.communitylend.com/2008/04/30/introduction-to-other-services-save-money-spend-wisely-and-reach-your-goals-wesabecom/#comment-77 re: "Perhaps the Canadian banks aren’t so hot on the idea of… anyone providing a better service than they do/can for free…" I agree with everything you say here Dan, except that quote ... seems they could, but do not offer what Wesabe does. re: “Perhaps the Canadian banks aren’t so hot on the idea of… anyone providing a better service than they do/can for free…”

I agree with everything you say here Dan, except that quote … seems they could, but do not offer what Wesabe does.

]]> By: Dan http://blog.communitylend.com/2008/04/30/introduction-to-other-services-save-money-spend-wisely-and-reach-your-goals-wesabecom/#comment-76 Dan Wed, 30 Apr 2008 19:46:41 +0000 http://blog.communitylend.com/2008/04/30/introduction-to-other-services-save-money-spend-wisely-and-reach-your-goals-wesabecom/#comment-76 I've signed up for an account, but haven't added any bank accounts yet. Positives: Support for Canada Allows you to add your own unsupported banks Negatives: Most (all) of the Canadian support isn't really "true" support. They have a firefox extension that downloads your account details but you have to give your login and password every time you start firefox (I think). If you choose a US bank account, it just asks you for your logon and password once on the wesabe website, and it will do all of the work for you. Mint.com (which I do use for my US account) works this way, updating nightly, but no Canadian support yet. Perhaps the Canadian banks aren't so hot on the idea of... anyone providing a better service than they do/can for free... Surprisingly, the main feature I'm interested in is not the tagging/discussions/tips, but just having weekly or biweekly emails about my transactions and balance without ever having to login. When you have a couple of accounts at different institutions, logging into each one to check over things is a pain I'd rather avoid, along with learning the intricacies of each custom-built platform. I’ve signed up for an account, but haven’t added any bank accounts yet.

Positives:
Support for Canada
Allows you to add your own unsupported banks

Negatives:
Most (all) of the Canadian support isn’t really “true” support. They have a firefox extension that downloads your account details but you have to give your login and password every time you start firefox (I think). If you choose a US bank account, it just asks you for your logon and password once on the wesabe website, and it will do all of the work for you. Mint.com (which I do use for my US account) works this way, updating nightly, but no Canadian support yet.

Perhaps the Canadian banks aren’t so hot on the idea of… anyone providing a better service than they do/can for free…

Surprisingly, the main feature I’m interested in is not the tagging/discussions/tips, but just having weekly or biweekly emails about my transactions and balance without ever having to login. When you have a couple of accounts at different institutions, logging into each one to check over things is a pain I’d rather avoid, along with learning the intricacies of each custom-built platform.

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