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  1. Jordan
    February 22, 2010

    For the Canadian market you missed the target, mint.com currently only works well for US banking.

    However in Canada Quicken Mobile & Wesabe are free online banking services which also have free iPhone apps. They will automatically downloads your bank & credit card statements (even from most big Canadian banks) then let you view/edit transactions and checkout your account balance wherever you are. I highly recommend both!

    You can also usually get ATM finding apps in the iTunes app store, they will find the closest ATM from your specific bank based on your GPS signal, so no more ATM fees.

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  2. Mrs Pillars
    February 22, 2010

    Jordan, that ATM finder app sounds brilliant. It’s funny how little things can get to you – one of my pet peeves is those fees.

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  3. Mike
    February 22, 2010

    Some of these look neat.

    I still haven’t downloaded any apps. 🙂

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  4. Arjun @ InvestingThesis.com
    February 22, 2010

    @Jordan – Hi Jordan, your assertion about the Mint app. is true. I just thought I would throw it in there for any of Mike’s American readers. Also, thanks for the headsup on the Quicken Mobile & Wesabe apps., will definitely check those out.
    @Mike – thanks for giving me the opportunity to guest post – i’m hugely grateful.
    @Mrs Pillars – those pesky ATM fees certainly add up at the end of the day. My solution: never use my debit card. I usually also keep a $20 in case of emergencies but otherwise I just use a CC that has a great loyalty program.

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  5. The Rat
    February 22, 2010

    Awesome thread. I did an iPhone app review on a previous post I did in late 2009. My personal favorites for my iPhone are Daily Finance and Bloomberg. I love Bloomberg because I can input the list of stocks I own and the app is just fantastic at tracking them for me.

    On a side note, I also like some of the free apps such as TSN mobile, the 2010 Olympic schedule, and the free flashlight app which brightens your screen in case you’re in a dark area and need light!

    Cheers

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  6. Mike
    February 22, 2010

    Rat – the Olympic schedule app sounds pretty cool!

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  7. The Rat
    February 23, 2010

    It is! And it downloads an updated schedule for you each day you open the program. 🙂

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  8. Sam Soong
    March 27, 2010

    Great post. You don’t have to own an iPhone to save money, tho.

    For me, prepaid rules. I did a bit of research and discovered NET10 was the best for my purposes. I don?t use a lot of minutes ? maybe 200 or so a month ? and I?m not a mad texter or websurfer either, but 10? a minute for calls and 3? for texts is crazy good. And no fees per day or other bs.

    I got a very nice Samsung phone with a slide-out qwerty keyboard and no one knows it?s prepaid. Costs me a big $30 a month for all my stuff.

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