Despite holdings of almost $1.5 trillion, Bank of America, the largest bank in America, won’t sync with users of Quicken for Mac. Reader Philip, who spent $65 on Quicken, writes to tell us how Intuit’s website advertises such compatibility.
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True Tales From The Inside: "I Used To Do Collections For USAA"
By 1.29.07
Yesterday’s post “USAA Lets You Remotely Deposit Checks” provoked a reader comment from a former USAA collections agent so interesting that we gave it its own post.
HSBC Direct Offers 6% APY On New Deposits Until April 30
By 1.29.07
Now through April 30th, HSBC Direct offers a whopping 6% APY on any new money deposited into an online savings account. That’s better than most CD’s.
USAA Lets You Remotely Deposit Checks
By 1.28.07
We got a flier in our recent USAA bill announcing they’re now letting customers deposit checks from home. Just sign and scan your checks and send it in through the USAA website. As far as we know, USAA is the only bank to offer this service to consumers.
Protect Your Rebate Check: Get Your Rebate Receipts Notarized
By 1.16.07
If you really want to protect your ass in case the rebate company arbitrarily decides your rebate claim is expired, get your receipt notarized. Writes Tian:
Don’t Tell Your Bank If Your Checks Get Stolen…
By 1.14.07
If a box of your checks gets stolen from your mailbox, only call if you’re going to cancel your account, at least if your bank is Wells Fargo. One blogger found they refused to cancel a whole box worth of checks stolen from his mailbox. And Wells Fargo told him that if he hung up without canceling his account, he removed the bank of any liability for any fraudulent checks getting cashed…
How Banks Freeze Terrorist Founds With A Free, Public, .TXT
By 1.13.07
A text file. That’s what banks use to freeze the assets of terrorists, drug traffickers, and nuclear weapons dealers. A dot txt downloadable from the U.S. Treasury website.
Class Actions Loom For Subprime Lenders
By 1.11.07
Soon, the piper may have to pay the piper: class actions against sub-prime lenders could be just around the corner.
Graph: States Hit Hardest By Foreclosure Spree
By 1.10.07
Which states are being hit the worst by the foreclosure spree? Here’s the top 10.
BofA Identity Theft Victim Gets Massive Runaround
By 1.8.07
Carmela’s Bank of America bank account was stolen. Someone was posting fraudulent transactions on her account. When she reported it to BofA, she entered into a colossal fun trap of transfers and incompetent support staff, even after visiting the branch on 107th and Broadway in Manhattan. However, rather than fighting The Man, she should have:
Ernst & Young’s Super Awesome Motivational Video
By 1.6.07
It shows some kind of American cabaret singer leading a group of E&Y employees in a ballrooms singalong.
HSBC Direct Prevents Keyloggers From Stealing Your Account
By 1.4.07
First we just liked our HSBC Direct account for its 5.05% APY. Then we found its security system pretty neat.
Paypal Cruel To Tivo eBayer
By 12.29.06
Reader Homerjay’s story bolsters our big prediction for 2007: Paypal is going down.
Bank Of America To Charge For “Free” Checking
By 12.26.06
Bank of America will start charging “Free Checking” customers starting 2/1/07. The bank will switch change the accounts to “MyAccess” checking, with a fee of $5.95/month.
