The Orange Chair

You might have thought that with the current financial crisis, people might turn away from new sites with names like Mint and SmartyPig and turn towards well established banks. But the new sites offer better features to their users, features that take advantage of Web 2.0 technology and approaches. And the old sites belong to banks that in the U.S. may have gone under. No surprise then that the new sites are experiencing signifigant growth.

The NYTimes.com has a good article with the details: Lose Confidence in Your Bank? Turn to the Web

Expect to hear more about these new sites soon.