Manilla, single portal for all accounts, bills, loyalty programs ...
Presented at the DEMO conference Spring 2011, the platform Manilla , unveiled (in private beta) by the media group Hearst Corporation, offers a new perspective on PFM (Personal Finance Management or "personal finance"), in a market always is bubbling with creativity.
Rather than develop, like other actors, functions becoming more sophisticated, which may only appeal to the technophiles, its designers chose to make a Manilla portal "universal" management of all " accounts " the average American household, without frills.
In its current version, the dashboard that serves as home page includes four areas: Accounts banks, invoices, loyalty programs (in the travel industry) and subscriptions (press group requires Hearst). If partners are currently present are still few (but already includes the most important, for example Citi and Comcast), the objective is to bring together all service providers in this space.
The benefit for users is the simplicity . Once their individual "accounts" integrated, they have a single space (and behind a single password) access to all their banking services, consultation and to pay their bills, the receipt of tenders and other letters from their suppliers ... Manilla is especially available to registered unlimited space and permanent storage of all documents they receive. The
dematerialization is also central to the strategy of the platform, constituting its main selling point for providers. Indeed, access is free for consumers and what are the partners that fund platform. Besides the savings they can generate in relation to items of print, they also have the freedom to disseminate offers or advertisements in public areas reserved for them on the portal.
While in France, the PFM is still in its infancy and no serious platform for comprehensive management of invoices has emerged Manilla would tend to dream ...
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