MoneyStrands Targets Former Mint Users

Earlier this week we learned that online money management service Mint was acquired by Intuit for $170 million. Several comments came from Mint users who were leaving the service because they did not want to become part of Intuit.

Another online money management service has opened the doors to former Mint users. MoneyStrands has posted a blog entry discussing the conversion from Mint to MoneyStrands. From the entry, “Upon the announcement of Mint’s pending acquisition by Intuit, we had a number of inquiries from people disappointed in the news and wanting to learn more about alternatives to Mint.  It seems a growing number of former Quicken users who have steered away from the tool looking for a free alternative all of a sudden feel that they are being forced to return.”

We’ve seen this type of targeting before, most recently when Jimdo targeted former Geocities users. The  MoneyStrands post provides an overview of the service and a checklist including the steps to move from Mint to MoneyStrands.