Check Your Financial Info Anytime, Anywhere

The next generation of financial organization has arrived. It's called Geezeo. And it means you can get to your personal financial information anywhere, at any time.

If you're away from home you can easily find your current checking account and credit card balances -- even if you don't have access to a computer. Now with a discreet glance at your cell phone, you can have all your financial information literally at your fingertips.

It's the next stage in real-time access. Geezeo puts you in control of your money by giving you real-time access to your accounts at thousands of banks and credit card companies through text messaging. Having that information could save you from huge overdraft and over-limit fees. It could even save you the embarrassment of having your credit card rejected when you reach to pay for dinner.

Text messaging of your account balances is the latest development at www.geezeo.com, a personal finance Web site that declares itself to be a "social finance" destination. The finance aspect is the fact that they securely aggregate your financial data from major banks and credit card companies, and soon will include mutual fund and brokerage firms. The "social" portion of the personal finance site is a series of online discussion groups, where peers discuss issues ranging from credit to investing.