You can now follow the user buxfer on twitter to get the latest updates about Buxfer. We will use it to inform you about recent problems / resolutions / new features or any other news which could be relevant.

We should have done this long ago, but I guess better late than never :)

A few months back, we added the ability of using Google Gears to store your private data offline (i.e., on the hard disk of your computer) to provide secure and automatic synchronization with your bank.

Today, we have extended the support for our beloved Safari users as well. Safari v3.1+ users can store their authentication information locally within their browser, and synchronize their bank accounts without ever having to share their username/password with our server.

Safari users do NOT need to install Google Gears or any other extension, since Safari has added support for client-side database storage (conforming to the new HTML5 standard)

You can read more about secure synchronization via offline data storage here.

We have added some new and useful reporting tools to the Expense analysis page:

• Summary view
  
  The summary view gives you a quick snapshot of your financial situation. It shows your categorized income and expenses for the selected period, and also shows how your net worth has evolved during this time.
• Cash flow projections
  Financial planning is not just about analyzing your past spending, but being more proactive and planning out how the future is going to look like. To help you picture what the future has in hold for you, we have introduced the ability to project your net balance at a future point of time based on bill reminders setup by you.

  

Hope you like the new changes! :)

We have introduced advertisements on the site as part of the new release. Ads will show up in two places: a small 120×60 button on the left side, and a 468×60 banner in emails.

Let us know what you think - especially if you think the ads are invasive.

We released a new look for our analysis page, with bigger, intuitive and more interactive charts:

• The pie chart is labeled “in-place”, so you don’t need to roll your eye-balls over to another part of the page to figure out what tag a particular slice represents
• A bar chart beneath the pie chart shows the income v/s expenditure trend for the particular tag you want to dig into
• A slider makes it smooth to go back and forth in periods of time (For those who remember, this slider is a MUCH improved version of the one we had back in June last year.)

Analyzing and understanding where your money is going is the first step towards good financial health. We hope our analysis tools are helping you realize your financial goals, more efficiently than ever before.

We have revamped a lot of our bank syncing code which should result in much more robust data retrieval from a number of banks. Many folks had encountered trouble with National City, Compass Bank, Key Bank and a few credit unions. Troubles with these banks should now be gone.

We have also added support for Capital One Credit Cards and PayPal in response to our vocal users. Enjoy! :)

Given that we had already invested so much time in Buxfer’s iPhone interface, we figured we could easily make a few interfaces for other sites we use frequently on the iPhone. We made one for news.ycombinator.com which people liked. So, we figured we will do one for reddit as well! And the amazing folks over at reddit let us make it “official” in a way too! Thanks, Steve and Alexis!

Here’s a short demo: 

We have added a few more banks to our list of supported banks.

• ING Direct (USA)
• E*Trade (banking and brokerage)
• TD BankNorth

These have been the banks most requested by our users.

We have also made a few important performance enhancements which should significantly reduce memory consumption. This means much faster uploads and bank synchronizations for our users!

Enjoy! And keep the feedback flowing, as always!

Update: [July 1st, 2008]  We have improved our support for Regions Bank, Sun Trust Bank and Citizens Bank. Please check it out and let us know if you still encounter difficulties.

We have introduced two new features catering to the needs of our fast growing international userbase:

• Multiple currency support: Each financial account can be associated with a different currency. If you have an account back in your home country, or if you travel a lot within different countries, this is just what you have been waiting for! :)
• Foreign language support: Buxfer is available in 20 languages – English, Arabic, Hindi, Spanish, Chinese, and many more. Login to your account and help us translate the site into your language.

With the iPhone due for a worldwide launch, we have localized even our iPhone app. Check it out at http://i.buxfer.com

A while back, we had released support for international financial institutions with our Firefox extension. Now, with support for multiple currencies and local languages, Buxfer is the complete solution for your financial needs … anywhere in the world!

Folks, we have extensively redesigned the website, in an effort to make it look better and more fun to use. We have a brand new logo, and a pleasing blue color scheme.

We also made several usability enhancements alongwith the UI redesign. In particular, we have vastly simplified entering transactions manually, and being able to search through transactions effectively.

Let us know what you like and don’t like!