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I love Mint. It helps me manage my finances and I definitely recommend it. However, it’s not without its faults and, because it would be so obviously easy for Mint to correct those problems, it is frustrating that they continue to ignore these year after year after year.

One of the most frustrating problems is something that used to work much better than it does now. It’s not that Mint changed anything; it’s that they have not changed it.

Let me explain. Every month I pay rent at our Over 55 community. In the distant past, I was able to tell Mint to categorize any charge from Oak Point (the name of our community) as Rent. It was so easy.

Screenshot of Mint transaction showing a category rule

Alas, a few years back everyone started adding dates to bank and credit card transactions. So what used to appear to Mint as “ELECTRONIC PAYMENT OAK POINT” now has a date appended: “ELECTRONIC PAYMENT OAK POINT 230605”.

You’d think Mint could easily understand that. You’d think that if my rule said to match “ELECTRONIC PAYMENT OAK POINT” that Mint could ignore what follows and categorize it correctly.