bill pay

Many of us have our bank accounts running almost on autopilot: Paychecks go in and bills get paid automatically, and any details we need to deal with are handled easily online. But these conveniences come at a price -- they make it too much trouble to leave a bank, even when its fees get outrageous.

In the world of online personal finance services, each site performs the standard tracking and reporting features respectably, but it's the execution and additional features that make a service standout. For Yodlee, which powers Mint.com and 32 of the top 50 banks, its strengths are the number of...

Last week, Microsoft announced that it would no longer sell its semi-popular personal finance program Microsoft Money. The announcement no doubt brought fear to many Money users who have years, possibly decades, of financial information wrapped up in an encrypted and proprietary file. While a...

In response to the recent story I wrote about the security of Mint.com a reader tipped me off on another personal finance tool which looks pretty useful. Billeo is a free program whose "Bill Pay Assistant" feature lets users set up reminders for their many bills and can log them into the site in...