Bank of America’s New Online Banking Interface

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When I logged into my Bank of America account last week, I noticed that they have a new interface for online banking. The redesigned tool includes several improvements that aim to make account activities easier to manage. Among the changes made:

• Easily find and sort transactions using type and status icons
• Personalize your account activity - a check can now be Check 1234:Rent
• Reconcile your account online - simply change the C icon to R

The new interface introduces a set of icons to replace the old two-column display of credit and debt. Once an item is cleared, a proper icon is assigned so I easily see what are still pending. And I can sort the Type column as well.

What I found most useful is that now I am able to edit the description of a check online. For example, the above Check 1707 doesn’t have a description at first, so I don’t know exactly what it’s fore. Once I clicked the Edit link, a new screen showed up to let me enter the description of the check.

If I don’t want to go back to my check book to find out what I wrote in the Memo of this check, I can simply click the View Front link which will conveniently bring up the image of the check so I know exactly what this check is for.

Now I can enter my description.

Among the half a dozen online bank accounts I have, this is the first one that has such a functionality. Though it won’t make me feel like I want to switch to BoA if I don’t have the account already, it’s at least a big improvement that makes account management much easier to do.

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