How to Send Money With Your Phone
May 27, 2010
Sending money with your phone is getting easier as more banks are starting to offer person to person payment services. If you belong to one of these banks you can send money with your phone simply by sending an email or text message. The person you’re sending money to doesn’t even have to be a [...]
FNBO Direct Online BillPay Bank Bonus
May 10, 2010
FNBO Direct is offering an online banking bonus of a $25 when you open a new online billpay account with them by the end of next month. The account is designed to be used in conjunction with the FNBO Direct online savings account so that you can easily transfer money between the two – Get the Bonus [...]
Online Bill Pay Benefits
April 7, 2010
The benefits of online bill pay outweigh the downsides of setting up automated bill payments online, at least in my opinion. Although I’ve written lately about how I missed a payment using our online bill pay system, the problem wasn’t that we’re using automatic bill payment; but rather that I wasn’t checking in periodically to [...]
Ally Bank Review
October 4, 2009
Ally Bank, Â formerly known as GMAC Bank, Â is an online bank designed with the needs of the consumer in mind. Â The bank offers an online savings account, certificates of deposit products, and a money market account – all which are FDIC insured. About Ally Bank Ally Bank was built on the foundation of GMAC Financial [...]
FNBO Direct Savings Challenge
August 10, 2009
FNBO Direct originally challenged a group of five people to pay themselves first and the president of FNBO Direct is now expanding the challenge to Americans at large. FNBO Direct Pay Yourself First I think it’s great that FNBO Direct is encouraging people to save more money and to pay themselves first. Here is how they describe it: [...]
Mortgage Pre-Approval When Buying a House
July 2, 2009
A mortgage pre-approval letter was very helpful for my wife and I when we started looking for houses about 8 months ago. My wife’s mom is a real estate agent, so she helped us every step of the way, but many agents won’t deal with buyers who aren’t pre-approved for a loan. They don’t want [...]
FNBO Direct Online Savings Account Good for the Environment?
April 23, 2009
FNBO Direct mentioned their online savings account as an easy method of “going green” in their latest email newsletter. I guess I’d never thought of online banking as being good for the environment before but it makes sense that electronic delivery of bank statements helps to cut down on paper waste. Here’s a statistic they [...]
FNBO Direct Online Bill Pay
January 9, 2009
As an FNBO Direct online banking customer, I get regular emails about their product and services and got one yesterday about thier online bill pay service. I’ve been using a third party online bill pay service for years and absolutely love how much time it saves me; I literally spend only 10 minutes a month checking [...]
Best Online Savings Accounts
December 26, 2008
The best online savings accounts offer high interest rates, no fees, a low minimum balance, easy online transfers, simple ways to deposit and withdraw your money, and of course - good customer service. Online savings accounts from banks like ING Direct, FNBO Direct, HSBC Advance, WT Direct, Emigrant Direct, and E*Trade Bank have become very popular due to [...]
FNBO Direct Online Saving & Spending Survey
December 21, 2008
An FNBO Direct survey of online savings account customers found that money issues and debt were the top holiday stress. Here are some of the results of the FNBO Direct survey: 79% – Economy will impact their holiday spending 67% – Still paying off holiday spending from last year 33% – Money is biggest stress [...]
