San Francisco, CA -- (SBWIRE) -- 01/12/2015 -- For TheBestCompanys.com (TBC), the beginning of a new year brings a batch of new company reviews. In one of TBC's newest verticals, personal finance management companies are reviewed. The TBC currently has reviewed 16 different companies, with the hopes of adding more soon.

The new year is a clean slate for people to start making resolutions, especially regarding their finances. The TBC team wanted to review personal finance management companies to help consumer start the year off right.

"What better way to start the new year than getting your finances in order," TBC Content Manager Kate Ward said. "We reviewed these companies to help consumers get organized."

Like other TBC verticals, the team creates criterion specific to this industry. The team continually makes updates to the criterion as they see fit.

Companies are currently ranked on the following points:

- Budgeting/Goals
- Alerts
- Security
- All Account Access
- Added Features
- Price
- Time in Business

Each criteria point is weighted to produce a more accurate score. The TBC team is constantly looking to make updates to the criterion to best represent the industry. In addition to these points, companies are also evaluated by consumer reviews and the TBC team's own expert criteria.

"Our ranking criterion can be found on our 'How We Rank' page," Ward said. "We don't want any confusion with our rankings. We want to be transparent and form a partnership with our customers."

Customers are encouraged to leave honest reviews to help validate each company. The more customer reviews, the better each company profile becomes. Real customers leaving real reviews helps to form a better relationship between the TBC team and customers.

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Currently, the top three personal finance management companies include Mint, YouNeedABudget(YNAB), and Mvelopes.

To date, there are 481 companies reviewed with over 2,900 customer reviews. Throughout the year, the TBC team plans on releasing more company reviews to help customers find exactly what they are looking for.

For information regarding personal finance management companies, visit TheBestCompanys.com/personal-finance-management/.

Media Contact:
Kate Ward
investigate@thebestcompanys.com