Re:Ask HN: Sick of your bank? Want to build a open source, n...
by erichurkman on Thursday January 09, 2014 @02:15AM
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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.
Re:Ask HN: Sick of your bank? Want to build a open source, n...
by davidw on Thursday January 09, 2014 @04:03AM
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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.
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.