Kristin R. MoyerStessa Cohen here. I’m in Austin (Texas) today, moderating a panel Finance 2.0 – online personal finance management. Panel includes Mint, SmartyPig, Billeo, and Keeping Nickels. My initial impression: consumers, even bleeding edge early technology adopters, are hungry for help, information, advice about how to get a hold of their personal finances. How do I start a budget? How do I manage my money starting *today*? How do I manage my money pay-check-to-pay-check?
What else I heard? They aren’t looking to banks for the answers. They are looking for tools that will help them solve their money problems. The latter is not necessarily exclusive of the former.
Category: Customer Tags: personal financial, social networking, SXSW
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