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March 2008
‘It’s called financial social networking, and it’s free. Once you upload your data to a site, that information is shared (anonymously) with thousands of regular folks who have similar interests and spending habits. Everyone passes along tips on saving, investing and spending.’
Reader's Digest – Online Banking Basics: A Guide-
February 2008
‘[CEO Jason] Knight’s unusual openness has helped Wesabe clear the first hurdle of reassuring wary users.’
BusinessWeek – A CEO Manning the Phones Each Day?-
January 2008
‘ A good way to increase your wealth is to limit your spending. How? Well, you could start by tracking your expenditures. That’s easier said than done. But Wesabe can help.’
The Kim Komando Show – Cool Sites: Money, Money, Money-
December 2007
‘I stayed with Wesabe because I love their mission, community, and their desire to continually improve the site. I am confident in their privacy policy, believe they will protect my data, and like that I can take my data with me if I want.’
Lifehacker – Organize Your Money in 2008 with Wesabe-
December 2007
‘You’ll profit with personally targeted money tips from Wesabe’s users.’
Men’s Health – Gentlemen, Start Your Millions-
November 2007
‘Someone will offer advice and you can comment on it. It was helpful. It is like the wisdom of crowds.’
Michelle Singletary on NPR – Color of Money: Online Financial Consultants-
November 2007
‘I am most impressed with Wesabe’s allowing me to choose how much I want to trust them.’
Center Networks – Conversation with Financial Startup Wesabe Co-Founder Marc Hedlund-
November 2007
‘We like the site’s ease of use and emphasis on security.’
Kiplinger’s Personal Finance – Best of Everything 2007: Wesabe Named Best Free Budgeting Web Site-
October 12, 2007
‘(Wesabe) is the high-tech way to keep track of your money while learning how to save.’
CBS13 Sacramento – Save With Dave: Wesabe.com Teaches You How To Save-
October 2007
‘(Wesabe) not only aggregates your personal-finance information and allows you to easily track your spending but offers a virtual shoulder to support you.’
Money – Hanging with the money crowd-
October 2007
‘Extremely helpful … a dot-com success story for 2008.’
Esquire Magazine – No. 65: Wesabe.com, the Wikipedia of Your Bank Account-
September 30, 2007
‘You can form or join groups and discuss ways to wipe out debt, buy a new car or scrape together a down payment for a house.’
Chicago Tribune – Three free software tools for managing finances-
September 20, 2007
‘Wesabe has a whole community of people sharing tips and suggestions for managing your money… I plan to stick with it.’
Wired Blog – Mint: New Personal Finance Site Competes With Wesabe-
September 19, 2007
‘At www.wesabe.com, an online budgeting site, you can create your own tags that let you see how you spend your money.’
Reuters – Define “miscellaneous”-
September 19, 2007
‘It’s a great site because they are very, very, safe. I know that’s a div concern when you’re dealing with your finances.’
CNN Headline News-
September 2007
‘Several free Web sites offer an easy way to keep tabs in one place on all your expenses. Wesabe is our favorite.’
Kiplinger’s Personal Finance – Budgets Made Simple-
September 2007
‘The Web-based Wesabe combines money management with social networking’
Macworld – 8 Great Quicken Alternatives.-
August 28, 2007
‘(Wesabe) can do some of the things that a human financial adviser might, such as recommending to a customer a different car-repair shop if other customers in the same area are using a cheaper one.’
The Economist – The Web: Some Antics-
August 12, 2007
‘Wesabe automatically furnishes you with tips that are directly related to your purchases.’
Today/MSNBC – Takes An (Online) Community To Control Finances-
August 5, 2007
‘On Wesabe, clicking a transaction tells a user how much other people spent at a store, lets them know where fans of the store tend to spend money, and exchange relevant tips linked to transactions.’
Boston Globe – Sharing The Wealth-
August 2, 2007
‘Wesabe helps you pinpoint areas you could improve, and lets you get feedback from other Wesabe users, all while protecting your passwords, identity and other sensitive information.’
Kiplinger.com – Fabulous Freebies-
July 26, 2007
‘Wesabe is brilliant.’
Open Source CU – Wesabe Makes Your Online Banking Interface Look Like a Baby-Hating Seal-Clubber-
July 25, 2007
‘If you’re willing to give it a try, it’s becoming a really impressive tool for managing your financial data.’
Lifehacker – Manage Your Money With Wesabe Firefox Uploader-
July 23, 2007
‘At Wesabe (Spanglish for “we know”), members can chat about shared goals like saving for a car and learn whether they are spending more or less than average on groceries, clothes or beer.’
Newsweek – Money: Friendly Finance-
July 14, 2007
‘The best of the bunch is wesabe.com, which uses your spending history and favorite merchants to generate money-saving tips from other users or “Wesabeans” who have similar habits.’
Orlando Sentinel – Online Finance Help-
July 12, 2007
‘Wesabe can slurp in data from banks and credit cards all over the world [and] the API allows you to manipulate financial data from hundreds of banks.’
Boing Boing – Wesabe API Lets You Hack Your Bank-
July 12, 2007
‘The key for Wesabe is that they have turned that data over to consumers, and redress the balance of information power that has existed. Banks know everything about consumers, and not vice versa.’
The Bankwatch – Wesabe Does It Again-
July 12, 2007
‘Wesabe harnesses the power of the web community to make dealing with personal finances more insightful and less painful.’
American Venture Magazine – Transparency And Trust: Building An Open Business-
June 25, 2007
‘Wesabe puts data front and center. Users download data from their checking accounts and credit cards and upload it to Wesabe.’
The New York Times – Sharing Your Intimate Information Online-
June 14, 2007
‘User’s data is private… at Wesabe, users download a software program onto their computer and then enter their passwords. The program then pulls their data from the banks to users’ computers, and then uploads it to Wesabe’s computers.’
The Wall St. Journal – Managing Your Money In Public View-
May 18, 2007
‘If you run across an obviously unfair bank practice, don’t keep it to yourself. Wachovia’s practice of “potential” overdrafts was highlighted on Wesabe.com.’
MSN Money – Managing Your Money In Public View-
May 16, 2007
‘Gen Xers are technologically savvy and unafraid to talk about financial problems, says Marc Hedlund of Wesabe, a social networking/financial planning website that’s attracting users in their 20s and 30s.’
Reuters – Gen Xer More Cynic Than Slacker-
April 23, 2007
‘Wesabe, an online personal finance application, has come up with a compelling new offering by rethinking what people really want from their personal accounting system.’
Adaptive Path – Wesabe makes my day-
March 2007
‘Sites like wesabe.com offer a glimpse of the future.’
Wired Magazine – Desktop, R.I.P.-
February 28, 2007
‘Wesabe has a maniacal obsession with security and privacy.’
TechCrunch – Wesabe Gets Money From Tim O’Reilly’s OATV-
January 3, 2007
‘Wesabe’s community aspect and tagging features alone blow the bloated Quicken and Microsoft Money out of the water.’
Lifehacker – Geek to Live: Six webapps to help keep your New Year’s resolutions-
December 2, 2006
‘Wesabe is different to me in that it is re-defining financial advice and references in a banking context.’
The Bankwatch – Open Source Banking - why Wesabe is the best example of the new breed-
November 29, 2006
‘Wesabe is a great concept – a 43 Things for your money.’
TechCrunch – Wesabe – clues for Money 2.0?-
November 22, 2006
‘The thing that’s cool about Wesabe is that these community tips pop up when you’re looking at your own data, so they’re highly relevant, and you won’t see a bunch of random tips that don’t apply to you.’
c|net Webware – Wesabe: Easy financial tracking and tips-
November 20, 2006
‘Wesabe takes a group approach to finances, and is catching on in the blogosphere.’
CBS News – Wesabe, anyone?-
November 20, 2006
‘Wesabe is trying to take public the parts of personal finance that can collectively help people make better decisions.’
GigaOM – Wesabe Makes Money Management Social-
November 18, 2006
‘A fantastic new tool for those who want to track their spending.’
Get Rich Slowly – Wesabe: a Web-Based Personal Finance Tool-
November 17, 2006
‘Wesabe’s a damned cool idea.’
Boing Boing – Wesabe: community money-saving service-
November 17, 2006
‘I was prepared for Wesabe to bore me out of my skull and not much more. But as it turns out, I’m a huge fan of Wesabe.’
Wired Blog – Wesabe: Personal Finances Made Easy-
November 17, 2006
‘It didn’t take long for me to fall in love with Wesabe… the accounting section of the app is truly killer and helping me finally get a handle on my spending.’
A Whole Lotta Nothing – Crap I love: Wesabe-
November 16, 2006
‘Wesabe packs in a lot of punch for those inclined to thriftiness.’
Lifehacker – Wesabe makes saving money social-
November 8, 2006
‘Marc Hedlund presented his company’s “Data Bill of Rights,” which includes the right to export or delete your data, as well as the assurance that your data is yours and private.’
Tech Web – Web 2.0 Confab Takes Aim At Closed Platforms
