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Re:Ask HN: Sick of your bank? Want to build a open source, n... by niallpaterson on Wednesday January 08, 2014 @03:14PM (#7026237)
That's cool. Business accounts aswell? CU's seem much more developed in the US. I think if you were to look at the three things I mentioned - online, non profit and open source, non profit is the one I think is least differentiable if that makes any sense. I think an online open source bank is the real innovative part, not the non profit part.
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Re:Ask HN: Sick of your bank? Want to build a open source, n... by davidw on Wednesday January 08, 2014 @03:21PM (#7026288)
Yes, my business account as well.

I love open source software, but from a bank...I just want them to give me a good deal and be helpful.

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Re:Ask HN: Sick of your bank? Want to build a open source, n... by niallpaterson on Wednesday January 08, 2014 @04:09PM (#7026653)
interesting. Why would you be against an open source bank? Would you agree that banks aren't exactly cutting edge? If so, wouldn't it be better if they were? (More features, easier experience)? Thanks :)
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Re:Ask HN: Sick of your bank? Want to build a open source, n... by erichurkman on Thursday January 09, 2014 @02:15AM (#7029240)
Most businesses are probably running the majority of their banking through banking software -- so long as the bank integrates with their package of choice (Peachtree, etc), most won't care beyond basic friendly business banking practices.

Banks are not cutting edge in general, at least not in the US. If you look at other markets, like Europe, they adopted a lot of technology must faster than US banks: two-factor auth tokens, sending money via SMS, for example.

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Re:Ask HN: Sick of your bank? Want to build a open source, n... by davidw on Thursday January 09, 2014 @04:03AM (#7029475)
My bank here in Italy has a pretty good web interface, and very easy money transfers with IBAN. Other than that though, I prefer the low fees in the US.
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