Comments on: Mint-like Kublax launches working beta

By: Kublax launches its financial profiling engine for recession-hit Brits

Kublax launches its financial profiling engine for recession-hit Brits — Tue, 05 May 2009 17:58:50 +0000

[...] is relatively safe since banking is so regional across the planet. It’s been in working beta since September last year. CrunchBase Information Kublax Information provided by CrunchBase [...]

By: Kay

Kay — Wed, 29 Apr 2009 08:38:47 +0000

For those saying Kublax is for lazy people, why use Excel? Why not use pencil and paper? Its software like Kublax the main difference is you enter the figures into Excel and have a higher risk of making a mistake. You still have to check Kublax and make the right decisions as regards your finances.

Am sure some people said the same things when bicycles came on the scene, and cars, and computers and Kublax… move into the 21st century!!!

By: dom

dom — Thu, 16 Apr 2009 12:53:24 +0000

like accountant i currently do this manually, the updside being its proactive and makes you think alot more about things, the downside is: a major drag, 30-60mins a week where id rather be doing something better, id rather my banks offered a secure feed into my spreadsheet rss or something similar this way the data would never leave me (carried on an encrypted pen on encrypted sheet) but it would take the hassle out of multiple account logons and cross checks. As a business model would make more sense for these guys to get banks to implement the software on there server, given how little there is between most of the major banks the one that gave me the best money management tools (ie. how made me better off rather then them richer) would get my account and possibly a fee for running such a service.

By: Joe

Joe — Sun, 01 Mar 2009 16:11:01 +0000

After using the beta Kublax I must say I’m not comfortable with handing over my bank details. Even though this is just a beta, being a financial aggregator, I believe the security should never be beta-grade. Unfortunately the site currently gives me this feeling.

I was surprised to see the main login screen is http and not https. You have to manually type https prefix in the address bar to access the secure version of the site. When a bank account is deleted from your profile, it comes back after you log back in, with your bank login credentials still saved on their server. This is rather worrying. The documentation is a bit wishy-washy, especially the section regarding security — doesn’t sound convincing at all.

By: Chris

Chris — Sun, 21 Sep 2008 13:40:44 +0000

update: those categories have now been fixed. Quick work, and at the weekend too.

By: Chris

Chris — Sat, 20 Sep 2008 10:11:06 +0000

Sorry, I should have come back to say that I eventually got in.

Kublax is interesting, and for an overview of my current status it’s great, but it feels a little shallow at the moment. But that’s what betas are for, I guess. Features can come later.

Although I’d have made to do a bit more fit and finish work before opening the beta. Fewer spelling mistakes for a start (’lisense’ and ‘dinning’). And what on earth are the transaction categories like ‘moditlo’, ‘Kates wages’, ‘Starberry payments’ and ‘my new cat’ doing in the default budget list?

By: itrieditanditworks

itrieditanditworks — Fri, 19 Sep 2008 11:05:18 +0000

@Arthurguy and Chris: I tried it and it works great. I made a mistake logging in and it gave the same “can’t connect” message. But I re-entered and it worked fine.

By: Adult Social Networking

Adult Social Networking — Wed, 17 Sep 2008 12:55:45 +0000

is that a bank or site to make bank online security related?

By: Chris

Chris — Tue, 16 Sep 2008 21:09:50 +0000

@ArthurGuy
I had a similar problem:”Can’t connect to your bank. Please try later.”

I’d love to give kublax a go, but I’ve tried entering my account three times today, and it’s still not playing.

By: jas

jas — Sun, 14 Sep 2008 22:34:28 +0000

Yeah i think if it could an employee of Kublax i think that Sridhar should launch an internal investigation to find who it is and then show them the door because they have damaged their reputation…………….big time !

By: Mike Butcher

Mike Butcher — Sat, 13 Sep 2008 14:50:01 +0000

Before everyone gets too hot under the collar, I didn’t say the astro-turf comments where coming from Kublax. I said they were just coming from the same IP address. Whether that IP address is connected in some way to Kublax or not it’s probably impossible to definitively say. However, it seems unlikely

a) because the comments are so ham-fisted (”Well done Kublax! It worked in a jiffy” – I mean, come on!)

b) because professional astro-turfers would cover their tracks better and maybe write better too

and c) because Sridhar has come in and denied any knowledge of it all. Frankly I just think those comments were just funny. They came in one after the other in quick succession, suggesting they were all from the same person. An over-enthusiastic employee? Who knows. Whoever they were, they came across like a total idiot.

So, show’s over. Let’s move on. I’m off to try out Kublax properly for myself.

By: Sridhar

Sridhar — Sat, 13 Sep 2008 11:01:29 +0000

To Jas, Zee and anyone else who thinks we’ve been spamming – we at Kublax had absolutely nothing to do with the above posts. We have been way too busy with sign-ups and the launch timetable to post on Techcrunch unless it’s necessary, and of course would never do anything so silly as what we are being accused of!

This doesn’t say anything about Kublax other than there are some well wishers out there who are very eager to see us succeed. Whilst that is really nice, we ask that they stop posting anything other than genuine comments and give everyone a chance to try Kublax. If anyone wants to talk further about this or indeed Kublax in general, feel free to email me at sridhar@kublax.com. – Sridhar Sethuraman, founder and CEO of Kublax

By: Doug Monro

Doug Monro — Sat, 13 Sep 2008 10:22:36 +0000

The spam is hilarious, if you are going to spam blogs skip this one

I like the idea, but it’s far from new. Egg, Yodlee and Citibank all offered this as far back as 2001. Maybe just waiting for someone in Europe to make it work …

By: ArthurGuy

ArthurGuy — Sat, 13 Sep 2008 09:43:37 +0000

Ignoring the shameful comments at the top I tried the service but it didn’t work for me, the site timed out when adding an account.
Did anyone else have any success?

By: Zee

Zee — Sat, 13 Sep 2008 06:17:21 +0000

Mike, how soon after you wrote this post did those comments come through?

By: Zee

Zee — Sat, 13 Sep 2008 05:41:21 +0000

I’ve come back for more Kublax because frankly you’ve got yourself your number one hater here. I am DISGUSTED in the above level of spam in promoting your product and will work to ensure that no one uses it. The fact that you would stoop so low to get people to sign up and then expect them to hand over account statements & private details is an insult on our intelligence.

You are honestly the first startup I have come across where I actually hope & will commit to ensuring you fail. You are absolutely pathetic.

By: Zee

Zee — Sat, 13 Sep 2008 05:19:52 +0000

Shameful spam Kublax. Seriously seriousy awful – specifically for that reason, I am not signing up with you idiots. You can’t be trusted.

By: jas

jas — Sat, 13 Sep 2008 01:15:41 +0000

Great shout Mike it all looked very suspicious to me……….talkabout ramping it up especially all coming from the same ip address…………….so sad,so sad.

Kublax your reputation is already in tatters=deadpool

By: ideleon

ideleon — Sat, 13 Sep 2008 00:45:10 +0000

Kublax seems like a serious company. Not one of those fickle start ups. I’ll check it out

By: Mike Butcher

Mike Butcher — Sat, 13 Sep 2008 00:15:44 +0000

It’s so funny that all these comments are coming from the same IP address…

By: techlover

techlover — Sat, 13 Sep 2008 00:04:10 +0000

Hey isn’t it what technology is all about? Making our lives easier. If the service is free, then it’s a no brainer. I am signing up for Kublax.

By: lazytechie

lazytechie — Sat, 13 Sep 2008 00:01:24 +0000

Accountant: there are some people (like you) who will spend their precious leisure time crunching numbers onto excel to take control. And for the rest of us, now there is Kublax!

By: accountant

accountant — Fri, 12 Sep 2008 23:57:59 +0000

Another start up trying to help lazy people. I have a live excel sheet up in which I enter all my expenses weekly. [Full disclosure: I am an accountant] Every member of my family knows what he is spending and when. People are just lazy and don’t want to make the efforts to take control of their lives.

By: bankcharges

bankcharges — Fri, 12 Sep 2008 23:51:58 +0000

I don’t have time to check all my accounts and barely know my balance until the overdraft letter arrives. I definitely look forward to setting up alerts with Kublax to avoid those nasty charges. And Kublax is free so…I really wonder why no one has done this before.

By: skeptical

skeptical — Fri, 12 Sep 2008 23:48:10 +0000

@patriley: Totally agree regarding Yammer. What a joke! I almost considered attending TechCrunch 50 but I am so happy I didn’t. To see a Twitter lite win the top spot is a wake up call to us Europeans. We can do better than that. And Kublax is a step in the right direction. This has a real shot at greatness especially in those troubled times. Now if only funding was so easy to raise in Europe as it is in the US. At TC50 some companies presenting had raised $10M!!!!