[ale] OT: Bank of America

[Bob Toxen]

On Thu, Nov 20, 2003 at 10:53:17AM -0500, Andrew Newton wrote:
> Isn't RBC that other investor hiding behind that financial hokus-pokus 
> thing with MicroSoft all mixed up with SCO?
Sadly, yes, and I hope they lose their money on that one!

I did try their "new" banking system today.  It works with Netscrape 4&7
and with Opera (as soon as I enabled cookies on Opera).  Duh.

The bad news is that it is not nearly as nice as the old system, especially
regarding the effort required to pay bills (3 screens per bill on the new
vs. one screen to pay all bills on the old) and the amount of history
(60 days vs. since the accounts were opened).

Their customer support and willingness to bend the rules and handling of
accounts is very, VERY good!

> -andy
Bob

Bob Toxen
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> Bob Toxen wrote:

> >On Wed, Nov 19, 2003 at 08:05:35PM -0500, Jim Philips wrote:

> >>Thanks for all the replies. My current bank is a little too fee-happy and 
> >>BofA
> >>offers a much better deal for people like me who rarely need the humans 
> >>at the bank.

> >B of A generally is considered so-so.

> >I am VERY happy with RBC Centura Bank.  They have offices around Atlanta,
> >the Centura subsidiary is in North Carolina.  The parent bank, RBC, is
> >Royal Bank of Canada.  They have given me nothing but the very best service
> >and it's the first bank I've ever liked.

> >There software was developed and is maintained in Atlanta and runs under
> >an multilevel security Unix system similar in design to the NSA version
> >of Linux.  I helped design bothe the secure Unix kernel and the banking
> >software.

> >It runs under Netscrape 4 and 6 but won't let me log in under Opera.


> >Regarding outsourcing American jobs, I suggest taking one's business
> >elsewhere when companies outsource to India or the former Soviet Union.
> >(Canada is practically our 51st state anyway.)

> >I'd simply ask the support person what country he is in.  If he gives
> >some BS answer like "we're not allowed to say" you can be sure it isn't
> >in the U.S.  The job you save may be your own.

> >HP, M$, and IBM are some of the largest "computer companies" with the 
> >largest
> >outsourcing policies.

> >Bob Toxen
> >bob at verysecurelinux.com               [Please use for email to me]
> >http://www.verysecurelinux.com        [Network&Linux/Unix security 
> >consulting]
> >http://www.realworldlinuxsecurity.com [My book:"Real World Linux Security 
> >2/e"]
> >Quality Linux & UNIX security and SysAdmin & software consulting since 
> >1990.

> >"Microsoft: Unsafe at any clock speed!"
> >   -- Bob Toxen 10/03/2002