[Gllug] Online banking

[Simon Stewart]

On Thu, May 16, 2002 at 08:33:39PM +0100, Rich Walker wrote:
> Simon Stewart <sms at lateral.net> writes:
> 
> > On Thu, May 16, 2002 at 05:33:56PM +0100, Dave Turner wrote:
> > > HSBC's site works well with Galeon  and all the other browsers that
> > > I've tried.  They don't rely on a whole bunch of cruft on the client
> > > side to give 'added security'.
> >=20
> > So far people seem to be coming out in favour of HSBC, Lloyds/TSB and
> > Citibank (either on list or in emails) Co-op and Smile also feature in
> > the list. Time to go and hunt about on google to see which is the most
> > "ethical" If I'm moving bank, I might as well try and find one that
> > treats the world with a bit of respect. Wishy-washy lefty that I am.
> 
> Go with the co-op. I managed to get their Smile stuff to work with my
> accessible browser collection (tho' in at least one version, the text
> was invisible unless selected.) They send out regular "what ethical
> policy would you like next" questionnaires, actually have an ethical
> policy, have a method for tracking it, and, best of all, if they f'
> anything up, *they pay you �10 automatically*.

Sounds like a goer to me. Thanks for the advice. When I get the time
to move accounts, I'll have a good look at Smile.

Actually, this thread's been really useful, so thanks to everyone
who's taking part!

> Don't think about Lloyds/TSB if you ever want to do anything difficult,
> like accept money from abroad. Their business service is, IMHO, a
> stinking pile of cack. (Their own people cuss their business service
> department). Amongst other things, they managed to lose all their copies
> of the signatures for our account. No, they didn't tell us...

This is for a personal account, but since business accounts tend to be
better looked after than the standard issue sheeple version, I'm
slightly nervous about TSB.

> HTH,

It does. HAND.

Cheers,

Simon

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