Mint

Hey Everyone,

I hope everyone had a great weekend as I did. I spent my weekend in NY, I decided to get away from my busy life and schedule which ended up being worthwhile.

UB Housing Update: Our SLA's (Student Living Assistants) have been selected, I hope to share their names next week once they have all been notified. I encourage anyone interested in housing to sign up for the housing tours, the next one is scheduled for July 11 from 10a.m - 3p.m. If you can't make this date, feel free to call the office of Student Affairs and we'll take care of you.

Today I figured I'd share on something that might change the course on how the UB Community manage their funds and also spend the little they have. MINT... yes MINT!!!

Mint is fresh, intelligent online money management. Not only is Mint free, it saves you money. While existing personal finance software packages require hours to set up, a passion for accounting (is that possible?) and hours of weekly maintenance, Mint is virtually effortless.

With Mint, you can achieve better online financial management in less than five minutes. After that, revolutionary, patent–pending Mint money management software does the rest, with virtually no more work required. It automatically pulls together your bank, credit union and credit card data, and provides up–to–date and amazingly accurate views of your financial—life from the big picture to specific details, in a friendly and intuitive way.

In addition, Mint goes beyond visibility and analysis providing personalized money–saving and money–making suggestions. Mint provides users an average of $1,000 in savings opportunities during their first session. Plus, Mint is proactive—alerting you when you are exceeding your personal budget, have a low balance, need to pay a bill, and more.

Key Benefits

• Easy to use: You’re up and running in less than five minutes. And Mint does virtually all the rest.
• Comprehensive: Mint provides visibility into virtually all your financial relationships with a single, secure login.
• Visual and Analytical: Mint gives you powerful insights into your personal finances making–it easier to practice smart financial management.
• Constantly working to find you savings: Mint typically finds users $1,000 in savings opportunities in their first session—minutes after registering. And Mint keeps looking for new ways for you to save every day—continuously comparing your needs to product, service and bank offerings most relevant to you.
• Secure: Mint provides bank–level data security and industry–leading identity protection. Its security and privacy have been validated by VeriSign and TRUSTe.
• Always On: You’re automatically notified of upcoming bills, low balances, and any unusual activity in any of your accounts through one (m)interface.
• Anywhere/anytime access: You can get to Mint anywhere, anytime over the Web.
• And it’s Free!

So please check it out and let me know what you think. Have a great week!