We have been receiving lots of feature requests from our users, and tonight we released some of the most in-demand ones.

• Download transaction history: You can now download all (or some) of your transactions in a CSV format. After all, it is your data.
• Delete contacts: Deletion of contacts with whom you have no shared transactions has been enabled.
• Delete groups and group members: It is also possible to delete groups with no transactions, or members who are not involved in any transaction within a group.
• Track amount paid: You can now easily see what is the amount you paid in each transaction - extremely convenient for verifying that you have reported all transactions appearing in your credit card statements on Buxfer.

You will also notice many small changes here and there, which we hope will add up to a much richer and enjoyable experience for you.

We love to hear from our users, that’s what keeps us going. So please keep sending in your comments, and be assured that we are working tirelessly to give you exactly what you need!

People have been really happy about our integration with Facebook’s login mechanism, so we thought why not let them use their Yahoo accounts too!

Buxfer now allows you to login using your Yahoo account and password. As with Facebook, your account information is processed *ENTIRELY* by Yahoo, and Buxfer does not get to see one bit of it. So you have the convenience of not having to fill out a registration form, and at the same time not worry about the safety of your private information. How much better can it get?

More details can be found at our help page.

Today Associated Press (AP), the world’s oldest and largest newsgathering organization which supplies news to thousands of daily newspaper, radio, television, and online customers, carried an article on how Buxfer “could make post-meal haggling a thing of the past.” The article describes how Buxfer enables tracking of collective expenses over longer periods of time.

For example, one person in a group of housemates could pay for dinner and a movie for everyone, earning credits in his Buxfer group and therefore paying less than his friends on the next month’s utility bills.

It also stresses how Buxfer “groups” reduce exchanges of money because each member of the group pays sometime, and effectively after a few transactions, it all cancels out. Some of the online articles using AP’s Buxfer coverage:

• Centre Daily Times, PA
• phillyBurbs.com, PA
• WPXI.com, PA
• NEPA News, PA
• The News Journal, DE
• Wilkes Barre Times-Leader, PA

We are very excited to be covered by AP. Thanks to AP and all the above news sources for spreading the word about Buxfer. We hope you, our users, will continue to write to us while we work behind the scenes to add more features and make the site even more usable!

Happy Buxfering!

Today’s Post-Gazette is carrying an article on how Buxfer “tackles the delicate art of tracking small debts.” The article stresses how small debts, which are often overlooked, can cause financial strain, and how Buxfer simplifies the management of debts.

Excerpts from the article:

“Experts on personal finance say incidental spending, though often overlooked, can be a significant contributor to financial strain. How those seemingly small expenses add up is clear from a national survey this fall of full-time undergraduates at four-year colleges.

Students reported spending $751 a year just to eat out, according to the survey by Student Monitor, a market research firm in Ridgewood, N.J. Expenditures for movies, concerts and other entertainment reached $571 a year, the survey found.”

– Bill Schackner, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

“I have to admit, there’s something cool about it. It’s a boon for disorganized people. I happen to be one of those people. My life consists of little pieces of paper lying around the house.”

– Professor Michael Shamos, CMU

Read the full article.

The latest issue of Tartan (a CMU student newspaper) has an article about how Buxfer has made life easier for students at Carnegie Mellon. Check out the full article.

UPDATE: Carnegie Mellon University has also posted a press release about Buxfer on its news website.