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New message board

October 15th, 2007 by admin

Today we open the official Moneytrackin’ Message board, a place where all our members can meet and discuss about all financial and personal accounting topics.

We’ve created a new thread to inaugurate it: How would you improve moneytrackin? Feel free to write any request on it!

Also check the message board main page

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1,000,000 transactions!

October 3rd, 2007 by admin

Today we’ve reached another awesome milestone, we have surpassed the 1,000,000 entered transactions mark!

  • 10 Apr 2007: 100,000
  • 17 Jul 2007: 500,000
  • 3 Oct 2007: 1,000,000 entered transactions

The moneytrackin’ team would like to give a big THANK YOU to all of our users who have allowed us to keep growing steadily by using our app to track their finances day after day.

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Moneytrackin’ new version released

September 27th, 2007 by admin

After a short period of closed beta testing we think it’s mature enough to be released to all our users.

Check the new Moneytrackin’ 2.0 out -> http://www.moneytrackin.com

Here is the press note:

MONEYTRACKIN’ LAUNCHES A MONEY SAVING COMMUNITY

Moneytrackin’, the leading online tool for personal accounting, has launched its redesigned website, improving its usability and adding new community features

BARCELONA, Spain – September 26, 2007 – Moneytrackin’, the leading online tool for personal accounting, has re-launched its website http://www.moneytrackin.com. The new website not only improves the company’s branding but also offers a better user interface. Meanwhile, the team has created the necessary infrastructure to offer its members a new community meeting point for those interested in saving money.

Moneytrackin’ was founded in May 2006 and is supported by important players from the IT, including Martin Varsavsky, founder of Jazztel, Ya.com and FON. Since being founded, 911,114 transactions have been inserted on its online tool, managing up to $208,353,077.

Now almost a year and a half after its founding, Moneytrackin’ has improved its website, redesigning its brand and launching together with the successful existing features, a new online social network, for people who want to save money.

Thanks to the new website, users can continue to manage their personal accounts, but now with an easier and more usable interface, and they can also join the moneytrackin’ community. The community acts as a “wikipedia” for money saving, and its members manage all of the community tips by rating and classifying them, add personal tips to save money, upload their pictures and value the best tips which are included in a savings “Hall of Fame”.

The new Community also offers a geolocalized tip sevice powered by Google Maps. This tool offers members local tips for saving money based on where they live. For example, they can check for the cheapest gas station in their city or town.

All of the tips are integrated into the personal accounting tool, and the system offers the information for saving money according to the member’s geographic location and the transactions included in the tool. For example, if the member has a monthly expense for the gym tracked in moneytrackin’, she will receive tips related to saving money in gym fees in her city or neighbourhood.

Moneytrackin’ aims to become the saving’s “Wikipedia” thanks to its new community generated input, offering this collective “savings” knowledge to people around the world.

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Moneytrackin’ nueva versión online!

September 27th, 2007 by admin

Después de un pequeño periodo de beta testing privado, creemos que la nueva versión ya es bastante madura y finalmente la hemos hecho accesible para todo el mundo.

Nota de prensa:

MONEYTRACKIN’ LANZA UNA RED SOCIAL PARA AHORRAR DINERO


Moneytrackin’, la aplicación líder de contabilidad personal online, ha rediseñado su website, mejorando la usabilidad y añadiendo nuevas funcionalidades de red social

BARCELONA, España – 26 de Septiembre del 2007 – Moneytrackin’, la aplicación online de contabilidad personal líder ha relanzado su sitio web http://www.moneytrackin.com. El nuevo website no sólo mejora la imagen corporativa sino que ofrece también una nueva interfaz mejorada. Al mismo tiempo, el equipo ha creado la infraestructura necesaria para ofrecer a sus usuarios una nueva comunidad, un nuevo punto de encuentro para todos aquellos interesados en mejorar sus finanzas y ahorrar dinero.

Moneytrackin’ fue fundada en Mayo del 2006 y ha recibido el apoyo de personas clave de la internet hispana, incluyendo Martin Varsavsky, fundador de Jazztel, Ya.com y FON. Desde su fundación han sido entradas 911,114 transacciones en la herramienta online, gestionando hasta $208,353,077.

Ahora, tras casi año y medio desde su lanzamiento, Moneytrackin’ ha mejorado su website, rediseñando su marca y lanzando, junto a sus exitosas funcionalidades ya existentes una nueva red social online para la gente que quiere ahorrar dinero.

Gracias al nuevo website los usuarios pueden seguir administrando sus cuentas personales, pero ahora con una interfaz más sencilla y usable, y además pueden unirse a la comunidad de moneytrackin’. La comunidad actúa como una “wikipedia” del ahorro, sus miembros gestionan todos los consejos puntuándolos y clasificándolos, añadiendo consejos personales para ahorrar dinero, subiendo sus fotos y valorando los mejores consejos que serán incluídos en un “Hall of Fame” del ahorro.

La nueva comunidad ofrece también consejos geolocalizados usando Google Maps. Ésta herramienta permite a los usuarios ver consejos para ahorrar dinero cerca de dónde viven. Por ejemplo, pueden ver la gasolinera más barata de su ciudad.

Todos los consejos están integrados en la herramienta de contabilidad personal, y el sistema muestra la información relevante, dependiendo de la localización geográfica del usuario y las transacciones entradas en la herramienta. Por ejemplo, si el usuario entra el gasto mensual de un gimnasio recibirá consejos sobre cómo ahorrar dinero en la cuota del gimnasio en su ciudad o barrio.

El objetivo de Moneytrackin’ es convertirse en la “Wikipedia” del ahorro gracias al contenido generado por su comunidad, ofreciendo éste conocimiento colectivo sobre el ahorro a todo el mundo.

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New closed beta starts today

September 10th, 2007 by admin

We are already sending invitations out to our top users!

if you’d like to give it a try write us to contact@moneytrackin.com

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Moneytrackin’ new image and more - coming soon

September 3rd, 2007 by admin

We’ve been working very hard on giving a more professional look to Moneytrackin’, as well as on improving its usage and usability. We have a brand new layout, structure and colour scheme (no more purple&green anymore). Here is our new logo so you can see what’s coming up:

 

Moneytrackin’ new logo

 

We have also rewrited all the code internals from scratch for speed’s sake. This new version is going to be definitely faster!

We plan to release it in the next couple of weeks along with other surprises. Stay tuned!

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New feature: Attach files to transactions

July 9th, 2007 by admin

We have added the possibility to attach a file to a transaction. For example now you can upload the invoice of that new laptop you bought last week, so you won’t lose it never (and some shops ask you for the invoice before processing any guarantee request!).

At the moment only images and pdf files are allowed, and the maximum permitted size is 3Mb.

Attaching a file is a very simple process:

  • Click on the new “Attach file” icon (Attach a file icon) of the desired transaction.

     

    Attaching a file - first step

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  • The upload form will be displayed. Just enter a file description, choose the file to upload from your disk and click on the “Attach file” button.

     

    Attach a file form

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  • If the upload finishes successfully you’ll be returned to the transaction list and you’ll see the clip icon (Attached file) at the left of the chosen transaction. It’ll tell you that the transaction has an attached file, and clicking it you would open/download it. You can also remove the attached file by clicking on the “Delete attachment” icon (Delete attachment). If the upload process fails the error message would be displayed.

     

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Enhanced Dashboard and More

June 28th, 2007 by admin

The purpose of the Dashboard is to allow you to keep a quick, ongoing glance at your overall finances through an easy display.

We have created a feature that lets you add external content, allowing you to include and update all your financial information that you want into your own Dashboard.

Enhanced Dashboard

The menu on the right has all of the necessary content for adding this information into your Dashboard. To add content, just drag the item from the menu into the middle area (below the “Summary” box). If you want to delete an item, then simply do the opposite: drag the item from the middle are to the menu on the right.

In “My Accounts” you’ll find all of the accounts you want. The next section is “Tools”. We will continue to add new tools. For now you have these:

    1. Stock portfolio. This tool allows you to see all of the companies and shares you own in your Stock Portfolio. You can configure up to 5 different companies in your portfolio, number of shares you own in each, how much purchased them for, and we’ll show you your unrealized gains or losses on each.
    2. Google finance market summary. Follow the performance of the major market indexes.

Finally, in the “News” section, we have included some financial news sources that we think will interest you. If you add any of these into your Dashboard, we’ll show you the latest news to get you up to date at all times.

 

Other improvements

 

Besides the Dashboard, we have been working on some of the other improvements you have been asking for:

- The Running Balance column on PDF & XLS reports

- A new button to clear the main account (deleting all of its transactions). Many people have requested this in order to fix an incorrect import without having to delete all of transactions one by one.

- Forgotten password recovery

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New running balance column

June 15th, 2007 by admin

Another popular request implemented: We’ve added a new column on the transaction list view: the running balance. It works just as in almost all online banking sites, we display the accumulated balance next to the transaction amount value for an easy viewing.

 

Running Balance example

 

You can follow now your balance evolution at a glance and at the same time it lets you make more accurate predictions of your financial situation in upcoming months.

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BusinessWeek contest

June 6th, 2007 by admin

We have been nominated for BusinessWeek’s contest for the best Entrepreneurs in Europe Age 25 and Younger for our work on Moneytrackin’.

Read the full article for further information, there are some encouraging sentences like:

“What unites all of our 16 nominees is a mix of ambition, impatience, opportunism, and derring-do. Plus, gobs of youthful energy.”

And don’t forget to VOTE for us!

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