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by scrabble 4712 days ago
I could never sign up for Mint. I see the value in it, but providing a private business with a view into all my financial accounts just seems like a huge mistake.
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Other than banks, creditors, and credit-score companies? I imagine there are far more businesses with access to view our financial accounts than we realize day-to-day.
I'm sure you're correct.

But as far as I know, my bank can't look at my accounts that are with other financial companies.

It's not just that, but they use information in your accounts to recommend other companies' products. Today I got a notification that I was paying more than average for car insurance, with a link to a competing product.