topic Re: Clarity Money is Closing / Discontinued in Personal Finance

Clarity Money is Closing / Discontinued

joltdude — Mon, 01 Feb 2021 00:33:37 GMT

Just got an email today saying that Clarity Money - the GS Aggregator service similar to Mint and others... its shutting down on March 5 2021...

Also see mentioned the new service called Marcus Insights.... (which i saw briefly in the app store and thought looked a bit familar) will sort of replace it.... But there is no importing of accounts and you have to relink to the new service.....

Actually will miss it.. am debating on making the switch to GS Insights...

-J

Thanks for being part of the Clarity Money family. We are reaching out to let you know that Clarity Money will be closing its virtual doors on March 5th, 2021. As of this date, the mobile and web app will no longer be accessible.

While it’s the end of a chapter at Clarity Money, our team here at Marcus by Goldman Sachs® can now help you make the most of your money with Marcus Insights: a new suite of smart tools and trackers, inspired by the best of Clarity Money. It’s 100% free to use, even if you're not already a Marcus customer.

We started Clarity Money in 2016 with the goal of helping consumers make better financial decisions and when we joined the Marcus family in 2018, we knew we were making another big step towards this ambition. Today, we are focusing our people and efforts on a shared mission: to help millions of consumers achieve financial wellbeing by building the best digital banking experience at Marcus.

To create Marcus Insights, we looked to you for inspiration. We started with our most loved features and incorporated your feedback to build this new experience. With Marcus Insights you can link your accounts from thousands of institutions to see your finances together in one place, with personalized insights on your spending, saving and investing habits. We’ll continue to improve and expand Marcus Insights over time to help you make the most of your money. Try it out and let us know what you think!

We’ll be in touch in the coming weeks with additional information – until then, you can check out our FAQs. Thanks again for being a valued Clarity Money customer and we look forward to continuing the Clarity Money legacy at Marcus by Goldman Sachs.

Re: Clarity Money is Closing / Discontinued

SecretAzure — Mon, 01 Feb 2021 16:30:56 GMT

Have you tried Marcus Insights? I am also saddened by this news. Saw the email last night (probably should've been asleep by that point).

I have PC and Mint but I found the simplicity of Clarity to be much preferred for an at-a-glance view of spend. I even feel like Mint had adopted some of Clarity's features since Clarity joined the game. I liked being able to quickly see which merchants I was putting most of my spend in per month/year quickly.

One of its drawbacks was that because of the simplicity it also lacked some features but that's why I thought it was the perfect secondary app to use in conjunction with the other apps.

If I have to manually input all this info in MI (if it is basically the same app) I am much less likely to use it though. It was a lot of work lol.

Re: Clarity Money is Closing / Discontinued

joltdude — Mon, 01 Feb 2021 16:38:15 GMT

Not yet...

I also *DO* think Marcus / GS was using it internally .... I think it had an affect on my my initial Apple Card approval CL and CLIs.

Also it seemed to stay connected better than Mint has for me...

I use PC sparingly.. Just don't like it...

For the most part, i shifted to Clarity to see day to day spend/accounts/etc... and only once a week or so logged into Mint...

Just have to get around to make a Marcus account since they arent offering to import it...

-J

Re: Clarity Money is Closing / Discontinued

SecretAzure — Mon, 01 Feb 2021 16:48:18 GMT

@joltdude wrote:
Not yet...
I also *DO* think Marcus / GS was using it internally .... I think it had an affect on my my initial Apple Card approval CL and CLIs.
Also it seemed to stay connected better than Mint has for me...
I use PC sparingly.. Just don't like it...
For the most part, i shifted to Clarity to see day to day spend/accounts/etc... and only once a week or so logged into Mint...
Just have to get around to make a Marcus account since they arent offering to import it...

-J

Absolutely agree with you on the linking. I seem to have a permanent notification from Mint about linking something or another. It's really irritating. Interesting to note it seems helps with Apple Card approvals.