Comments on: would amazon please become a bank?

By: Marcus

Marcus — Tue, 16 Dec 2008 04:22:29 +0000

I use venturebankdirect.com. They offer direct download into quicken and several other banking programs.

By: Andrea

Andrea — Mon, 12 Apr 2004 01:23:12 +0000

I have used Bank of America Bill pay and download to quicken. While the service is overall quite good, there are two significant issues that cause me to be looking elsewhere.

In one particular payee I found that they would reject the payments from BoA, and BoA wouldn't notify me via a repost to my account in some cases for several months. I asked for copies of the returned checks, as I would have received that from bricks and mortar, but BoA said they couldn't produce them. Also, I asked for copies of all checks to that payee for the past 12 months, but they couldn't produce more than 6 months worth. All this really made me wonder about bill paying online, and I am looking for a bank that does a better job of documenting the payments.

By: geoffrey elliott

geoffrey elliott — Sun, 08 Jun 2003 06:52:41 +0000

best bank ever (online or off): first technology credit union.

- geo

By: Gregg Tavares

Gregg Tavares — Sun, 25 May 2003 04:30:19 +0000

oops, try this link:

Stay away from Wells Fargo at ALL COSTS.

By: Gregg Tavaes

Gregg Tavaes — Sun, 25 May 2003 04:29:00 +0000

Stay away from Wells Fargo at ALL COSTS.

By: Paul Roub

Paul Roub — Thu, 22 May 2003 13:48:53 +0000

I've noticed a lot of comments here about banks that download QFX, OFX, etc. to Quicken (and I'm a happy First IB customer, on that front). However, if you're looking for real Quicken integration (automatic transaction downloads, bill pay, funds transfer, etc.) I have to say Wachovia has worked very well for me; their web-based banking also seems to work quite well, although I haven't had much need to use it.

By: clay

clay — Thu, 22 May 2003 01:19:28 +0000

Let me third or fourth or fifth the comments about USAA. Their
banking is excellent.

By: Jennifer McKinnon

Jennifer McKinnon — Wed, 21 May 2003 21:34:54 +0000

I recommend ING as a virtual bank. I had a lot of problems with "real"banks until I decided I didn't want to speak to another human being about my money again. I haven't looked back since. I love them. It's the easiest banking on the planet.

By: jadz

jadz — Wed, 21 May 2003 18:32:56 +0000

For canadians: Royal Bank is very good. Took two secs to setup and has Quicken abils.

By: doc

doc — Wed, 21 May 2003 17:54:36 +0000

Paypal is unique in that they are not, technically, a bank, and thereby avoid all sorts of banking regulations. I was wary at first, but at this point I've done over $50K in transactions through them, and have a large interest-bearing balance.

Etrade Bank also works very well for me... although since 90% of my business is transacted online... and I spend a lot of time in other countries, the lack of physical locations doesn't bother me. They also have a nice workaround for that problem.

I've stopped expecting banks, portals and e-commerce sites to develop good commerce technology.

Heck, e-gold is better than half the online transaction systems out there. And it's even weirder than paypal.