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Historical Archive of Plutus Awards Recognition

1st Annual Plutus Awards

Browse through financial educators, content creators, authors, and podcasters who have earned recognition as Plutus Awards finalists and winners since 2010.

Congratulations to all of our Plutus Awards winners and finalists. Since 2010, the Plutus Awards have recognized excellence in financial media and education. Here is our directory of those who have been selected by their peers to represent the best in financial education and content.

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PLUTUS AWARDS HISTORY

Plutus Awards by Year

2010

1st Annual Plutus Awards

Best Banking Website

WINNER

ingdirect.com (ING Direct)

Finalists

  • ally.com (Ally Bank)
  • bankofamerica.com (Bank of America)
  • usaa.com (USAA)
  • wellsfargo.com (Wells Fargo)

Best Budgeting Software

WINNER

Mint

Finalists

  • Budget Pulse
  • Mvelopes
  • Quicken
  • You Need a Budget

Best Canadian Personal Finance Blog

WINNER

Squawkfox

Finalists

  • Canadian Finance Blog
  • Financial Highway
  • Four Pillars
  • Million Dollar Journey

Best Checking or Transaction Account

WINNER

ING Direct Electric Orange

Finalists

  • Chase Checking
  • Schwab Bank High-Yield Investor Checking
  • USAA Free Checking

Best Collaborative Personal Finance Blog

WINNER

Get Rich Slowly

Finalists

  • Consumerism Commentary
  • Consumerist
  • Moolanomy
  • WiseBread

Best Credit Card

WINNER

Blue from American Express

Finalists

  • Chase Amazon.com Visa
  • Discover More Card
  • Schwab Bank Invest First Visa
  • USAA World MasterCard

Best Deals and Bargains Blog

WINNER

WiseBread

Finalists

  • Bargain Babe
  • Bargain Briana
  • Deal Seeking Mom
  • Keeping the Kingdom First

Best Debt Blog

WINNER

Man vs Debt

Finalists

  • Debt Free Adventure
  • Enemy of Debt
  • How to Get Out of Debt
  • No Credit Needed

Best Designed Personal Finance Blog

WINNER

Budgets Are Sexy

Finalists

  • Cash Money Life
  • Good Financial Cents
  • Money Ning

Best Designed Personal Finance Blog:

Finalists

  • Canadian Finance Blog

Best Discount Brokerage

WINNER

E*TRADE

Finalists

  • Charles Schwab
  • Scottrade
  • Sharebuilder
  • Tradeking

Best Economics Blog

WINNER

Weakonomics

Finalists

  • All Financial Matters
  • Moomin Valley
  • Seeking Alpha
  • The Big Picture

Best Frugality Blog

WINNER

Frugal Dad

Finalists

  • Almost Frugal
  • Being Frugal
  • Frugal Babe
  • The Centsible Life

Best International Personal Finance Blog

WINNER

Man vs Debt

Finalists

  • Almost Frugal
  • Musings of an Abstract Aucklander
  • Plonkee Money
  • The Miss Thrifty Blog

Best Investing Blog

WINNER

Oblivious Investor

Finalists

  • ABCs of Investing
  • Amateur Asset Allocator
  • Darwin's Money
  • Good Financial Cents

Best Microblog

WINNER

Budgets Are Sexy

Finalists

  • Free From Broke
  • Jonathan Chevreau
  • Matt Jabs
  • MoneyHighway

Best Mobile Personal Finance Application

WINNER

Mint

Finalists

  • Evernote
  • MoneyStrands
  • PageOnce
  • Quicken Mobile

Best Multi-Part Series

Finalists

Best New Book of 2009

Finalists

Best New e-Book of 2009

Finalists

Best New Personal Finance Blog of 2009

WINNER

Man vs Debt

Finalists

  • Debt Free Adventure
  • Financial Samurai
  • Fiscal Fizzle
  • FiscalGeek

Best Non-Collaborative Personal Finance Blog

WINNER

The Simple Dollar

Finalists

  • Bargaineering
  • Budgets Are Sexy
  • Financial Samurai
  • Man vs Debt

Best Overall Bank

WINNER

ING Direct

Finalists

  • Ally Bank
  • Bank of America
  • BB&T
  • USAA

Best Peer-to-Peer or Social Lending Service

WINNER

Kiva

Finalists

  • Lending Club
  • Prosper
  • Virgin Money

Best Personal Finance Blog for Careers

WINNER

Bargaineering

Finalists

  • Brazen Careerist
  • Brip Blap
  • Squawkfox
  • The Digerati Life

Best Personal Finance Blog for Entrepreneurs

WINNER

Get Rich Slowly

Finalists

  • Brazen Careerist
  • Early Retirement Extreme
  • erica.biz
  • I Will Teach You To Be Rich

Best Personal Finance Blog for Generation Y or X

WINNER

Budgets Are Sexy

Finalists

  • Bargaineering
  • Finance for a Freelance Life
  • Gen X Finance
  • Well Heeled Blog

Best Personal Finance Blog for Retirement

WINNER

Good Financial Cents

Finalists

  • Go to Retirement
  • The Consumer Boomer
  • Tough Money Love
  • Wealth Pilgrim

Best Personal Finance Blog for Teens or College Students

Finalists

  • 20 Something Finance
  • Green Panda Treehouse
  • Money Under 30
  • Poorer Than You
  • Studenomics

Best Personal Finance Management Software

WINNER

Mint

Finalists

  • MoneyStrands
  • Quicken (Desktop)
  • Quicken Online
  • Thrive/MoneyRight

Best Personal Finance Podcast

WINNER

The Consumerism Commentary Podcast

Finalists

  • Frugal Coast2Coast
  • Personal Finance Hour
  • The Dealista
  • Wealth Pilgrim Radio Show

Best Religious Finance Blog

WINNER

Debt Free Adventure

Finalists

  • Bible Money Matters
  • Christian Personal Finance
  • Money Help for Christians
  • Redeeming Riches

Best Savings or Money Market Account

WINNER

Smartypig

Finalists

  • Ally Bank Online Savings Account
  • FNBO Direct Online Savings Account
  • ING Direct Orange Savings Account

Best Tax Blog

WINNER

Taxgirl

Finalists

  • Don't Mess with Taxes
  • Good Financial Cents
  • JoeTaxpayer
  • My Dollar Plan

Best Tax Preparation Software

WINNER

TurboTax

Finalists

  • TaxAct
  • TaxCut
  • TaxSlayer
  • TaxWorks

Best Written Personal Finance Blog

WINNER

Get Rich Slowly

Finalists

  • Consumerism Commentary
  • Man vs Debt
  • Squawkfox
  • The Simple Dollar

Best-Kept Secret Personal Finance Blog

WINNER

Frugal Zeitgeist

Finalists

  • Carrie on the Cheap
  • Eliminate the Muda
  • My Next Buck
  • Out of your Rut

BLOG OF THE YEAR 2009

WINNER

Get Rich Slowly

Finalists

  • Bargaineering
  • Budgets Are Sexy
  • Consumerism Commentary
  • Debt Free Adventure
  • Financial Highway
  • Frugal Dad
  • Good Financial Cents
  • Man vs Debt
  • The Simple Dollar

Lifetime Achievement Award

WINNER

Get Rich Slowly

Finalists

  • Bargaineering
  • Consumerism Commentary
  • My Money Blog
  • The Simple Dollar

Most Controversial Personal Finance Blog

WINNER

I Will Teach You To Be Rich

Finalists

  • Bad Money Advice
  • Brazen Careerist
  • Financial Samurai
  • Tough Money Love

Most Humorous Personal Finance Blog

WINNER

Budgets Are Sexy

Finalists

  • Len Penzo dot Com
  • Punch Debt in the Face
  • Punny Money
  • Weakonomics