For those who can’t automatically import data from their bank into Buxfer, we have added the ability to manually reconcile transactions with your bank statements. Just enter your expenses as they happen, and with a few clicks, reconcile them at the end of every month.

To reconcile your transactions, simply select them one-by-one using the checkboxes, and then hit ‘Reconcile’ (as shown in the screenshot below)

In addition to reconciling, you can also set a transaction’s status as pending, so that it doesn’t contribute to the net balance, or net expense in your Buxfer account. This is very useful if you want to track expenses which take a long time for your bank to clear. If you write a lot of checks, this feature is just for you!

Hope you like the new features :)

Folks, things are back to normal. Buxfer users can once again use Twitter to report transactions and receive alerts. More details about our Twitter integration are at

http://www.buxfer.com/help.php?topic=Mobile:Access:Twitter

Kudos to the Twitter team for listening to our problem and resolving it in a very reasonable time-frame!

A few months back, we added the ability to automatically synchronize your financial accounts. However, it required you to type in your login details every single time you wanted to synchronize your data. It was hard work for the users, but a price had to be paid for security. It is our policy to never store sensitive user information in our database.

But today, we have achieved the best of both worlds. Your private data stays completely under your control, and yet you don’t need to type it out again and again!

Buxfer is now capable of using the Google Gears extension to store your private data offline, i.e., on the hard disk of your computer. Subject to your authorization, Buxfer can access data stored in your Google Gears database and authenticate you with your financial institution. You can delete this data or make it unavailable to Buxfer absolutely anytime you wish. After all, its stored right under your nose!

Google Gears is available for Firefox and Internet Explorer, and we highly recommend that you install it on your computer. For installation instructions, please visit the Google Gears website.

Folks, it looks like Twitter has stopped sending direct messages to the ‘bux’ twitter user. We are trying to figure out why! Until then, you will sadly need to use the ’sms  [[ AT ]] buxfer [[ DOT ]] com’ email address or your secret email address to post transactions. I will post an update here as soon as there is a resolution. Thanks for your patience!

Our interface for scheduling reminders (or repeating transactions) was a bit clunky. So we spent a couple of days redesigning it and making it easier to use. Here’s how you can use it:

• Add reminders which repeat per day, week, month or year. E.g., ‘pay CC bill’ on 15th of each month, ’salary’ once every 2 weeks, etc.
• Associate reminders with transactions, so that transactions repeat automatically when the reminder is due. Just click on ‘Actions’ menu for the transaction in the History view, and click on ‘Repeat transaction’
• Schedule multiple reminders for a single transaction. So you can have transactions which repeat on the 1st and 15th of a month, or repeat monthly as well as weekly. Whichever combinations you like!
• See reminders listed in a calendar fashion, so you know exactly what’s going to happen when

Hope you’ll find the changes useful! The old reminders were migrated to the new system, and so they might behave erratically for a couple of weeks. Do let us know if you spot anything strange happening to your reminders.

We are very excited to release an iPhone interface for Buxfer. Just point your iPhone (or iPod Touch) to http://i.buxfer.com/ and enjoy the goodness of both iPhone and Buxfer :)

What can you do with this interface?

• You can access all your transactions, tags, charts, etc.
• You can report shared and personal transactions
• You can add tags and contacts, but cannot edit or delete them!

Don’t worry, we will be adding this missing functionality very very soon. Stay tuned, and don’t forget to let us know what part of the interface sucks!