Comments on: More on UFB, GMAC, AmTrust, and IGoBanking http://www.thesunsfinancialdiary.com/personal-finance/more-on-ufb-gmac-amtrust-and-igobanking/ Fri, 03 Feb 2012 17:42:24 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Garthhttp://www.thesunsfinancialdiary.com/personal-finance/more-on-ufb-gmac-amtrust-and-igobanking/#comment-25323 Garth Thu, 11 Oct 2007 22:07:42 +0000 http://www.thesunsfinancialdiary.com/2007/01/05/more-on-ufb-gmac-amtrust-and-igobanking/#comment-25323 Well obviously the whole landscape has changed now. The Quicken crap you can just throw out the window. The most important it to find a bank with a wide investment portfolio. NOT heavily invested in mortgages, such as Countrywide, IndyMAC and others. Do your research, dallars aren't as safe as they used to be. Well obviously the whole landscape has changed now. The Quicken crap you can just throw out the window. The most important it to find a bank with a wide investment portfolio. NOT heavily invested in mortgages, such as Countrywide, IndyMAC and others. Do your research, dallars aren’t as safe as they used to be.

]]> By: Sunhttp://www.thesunsfinancialdiary.com/personal-finance/more-on-ufb-gmac-amtrust-and-igobanking/#comment-9709 Sun Tue, 22 May 2007 04:51:16 +0000 http://www.thesunsfinancialdiary.com/2007/01/05/more-on-ufb-gmac-amtrust-and-igobanking/#comment-9709 Wiley: It's true that the issue whether the bank supports Quicken never occurred to me during my evaluation of the bank. And even if it did come up, I doubt it will make any difference. I know people have different priorities when evaluating a bank, supporting Quicken or not didn't make to my list, though I do use Quicken. In fact, the only reason I use an online bank is to get a better interest rate. If the bank pays good rate and is FDIC insured and allows faster fund transfer, I usually don't look too much else because my use of the bank is very simple: earn interests. There are many features, such as support Quicken download, are nice to have, but not necessary.Which bank are you using? Wiley: It’s true that the issue whether the bank supports Quicken never occurred to me during my evaluation of the bank. And even if it did come up, I doubt it will make any difference. I know people have different priorities when evaluating a bank, supporting Quicken or not didn’t make to my list, though I do use Quicken. In fact, the only reason I use an online bank is to get a better interest rate. If the bank pays good rate and is FDIC insured and allows faster fund transfer, I usually don’t look too much else because my use of the bank is very simple: earn interests. There are many features, such as support Quicken download, are nice to have, but not necessary.

Which bank are you using?

]]> By: Wiley Onehttp://www.thesunsfinancialdiary.com/personal-finance/more-on-ufb-gmac-amtrust-and-igobanking/#comment-9698 Wiley One Mon, 21 May 2007 23:48:32 +0000 http://www.thesunsfinancialdiary.com/2007/01/05/more-on-ufb-gmac-amtrust-and-igobanking/#comment-9698 Apparently, you do not use Quicken (or MS Money) because you failed to mention whether any of these online banks supports the ability to download transactions into your financial software. GMACbank recently added this feature to their website, IGOBanking is committed to doing it but just hasn't quite figured out how yet. The other two, as far as I can tell, are clueless. You see, Quicken downloads cost money to implement and most high-rate online savings banks are reluctant to spend. Apparently, you do not use Quicken (or MS Money) because you failed to mention whether any of these online banks supports the ability to download transactions into your financial software. GMACbank recently added this feature to their website, IGOBanking is committed to doing it but just hasn’t quite figured out how yet. The other two, as far as I can tell, are clueless. You see, Quicken downloads cost money to implement and most high-rate online savings banks are reluctant to spend.

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