MyBankTracker

MyBankTracker is an American financial website.[1]

History

The company was founded in 2008 by Alex Matjanec, Tadas J. Nikulin, and Jason Reposa, as MyBankTracker.com.[2] The CEO of the company is Alex Matjanec,[3] who had previously been employing creating online interfaces for large-scale US financial institutions.[4]

Website

The website’s program reviews your financial data and user needs, and then compares them to various US banks to alert the user to banks that match their profile. Seven thousand banks are available, with fifty thousand different kinds of banking products.[5][4] There is also an interest calculator to measure earnings from different offerings.[6] The app also has a “bank health meter”, where users rate their banking experiences according to five categories, a rating that is made public to site users.[7] The site receives about 1.5 million unique visits per month.[8]

Surveys

The company also produces quarterly rankings of US financial institutions based on their services and customer usability.[9] They have also produced surveys of their users based on student debt repayment decisions,[10][11] and have been quoted discussing student use of credit cards[12] as well as the prevalence of pre-paid cards in the US market.[13]

References

  1. ↑ Taylor Tepper. "Here's How Many Bank Accounts You Really Need - TIME". Time Magazine.
  2. ↑ "» Entrepreneur Profile: Alex Matjanec, founder of MyBankTracker.com".
  3. ↑ John Wasik. "Three Secure Holiday Shopping Moves". Forbes.
  4. 1 2 "MyBankTracker.com Tracks Banking Products So You Don’t Have To - Young Upstarts".
  5. ↑ Natt Garun. "MyBankTracker helps you pick the right bank for your specific needs". The Next Web.
  6. ↑ "User Experience, Practical Techniques, Vol. 1". Smashing Magazine. p. 66.
  7. ↑ josh smith (21 June 2010). "How to find a new bank in 10 minutes or less". DailyFinance.com.
  8. ↑ Christina DesMarais. "35 Business Leaders Share Their Daily Habits". Time Magazine.
  9. ↑ Selena Maranjian (17 September 2015). "3 of the Best Banks in America". The Motley Fool.
  10. ↑ Maggie McGrath. "Desperate And In Debt: 30% Of Millennials Would Sell An Organ To Get Rid Of Student Loans". Forbes.
  11. ↑ Helaine Olen (12 November 2015). "Australia’s student loan system should make Americans jealous.". Slate Magazine.
  12. ↑ Jessica Dickler (November 8, 2015). "How college kids can dodge credit card pitfalls". CNBC.
  13. ↑ "Century 21 Accounting: Advanced". Nelson Education. p. 286.
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