[Gllug] Online banking

[Simon Stewart]

On Thu, May 16, 2002 at 06:05:46PM +0100, Richard Cohen wrote:
> [Warning - bank advert follows]
> On Thu, 16 May 2002, Simon Stewart wrote:
> > On Thu, May 16, 2002 at 05:13:04PM +0100, Richard Cohen wrote:
> > > On Thu, 16 May 2002, Simon Stewart wrote:
>
> > > I use Lloyds/TSB (GNU/Lloyds/TSB?) - I actually started with TSB, and they
> > > got bought out...

<snip>

> > What can you do on the site? Standing orders? View your account?
> > Transfer cash from one account to another? To a customer of another
> > bank?
> 
> I can:
> 
> List, create, edit and delete standing orders.
> View statement (from the date of the last monthly paper statement, I think).
> Make payments to well-known destinations (taxes, banks, utilities and so on)
> 	or to arbitrary UK bank accounts, apparently including other
> 	accounts of my own, but I've only got one account with them...
> List direct Debits with last amount paid.
> Apply for (and probably manage - I don't have any of these) an overdraft,
> loan, insurance and so on.
> 
> They do seem to be actively developing the site - the "transfer money to
> arbitrary account" was only added a few weeks ago.

That's something that's good to know --- it shows that they take their
Net side seriously, and they might even be responding to customer
criticsm.

Can you also manage your Direct Debits and/or any standing payments
(rent, for example)? They're one of my major cash sinks, and they need
tweaking from time to time to keep everything on an even keel.

> > I do my best to promote chaos and confusion. If this thread is left
> > untended, it'll disintegrate into one of those interesting flame wars
> > *G*
> 
> I do hope so :-)

<tempt target="fate>
Seems civil so far
</tempt>

Cheers,

Simon

-- 
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