[CS-FSLUG] Short Survey - On-Line Banking w/ Free Software

[Jerry VanBrimmer]

On Fri, Nov 19, 2004 at 06:43:36PM -0500, Don Parris wrote:
> I'd like to know something about Linux users' experience with on-line
> banking.  I plan to talk with my bank (as an advocate) about the issue, so
> your input would be very helpful.
> 
> (1) How much of a problem is on-line banking for users of free & open
> source software? (scale of 1-5, with 5 being worst case)

Scale = 1. I too use Wells Fargo, have been for about 8 years. *The* reason
I switched to Wells Fargo was because of the online banking. I use
Konqueror, Mozilla, Firefox and/or Opera to do my online banking. No
problems with any of these browsers.

> 
> (2) What is the biggest problem you've experienced?

The only problem I've experienced is, one time a credit card company didn't
get their payment (I use the Wells Fargo online Bill Pay service.) I called
WF, they took it from there and the bill got paid.

> 
> (3) Would you switch to a bank that opened its doors to free software users
> (i.e., compatibility with GnuCash, etc.)

No. That's not an issue for me, since I don't download my bank account data.
But, for budgeting I use Moneydance, and enter the data manually. I don't
download the data because 1) I don't trust the automatic downloading
process, 2) I don't like the way the automatic entries read.
 
> 
> Don
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