From: "Glenn Meadows" 

Interesting.  Competition here, has many banks offering totally free
checking, and being over 50, at AmSouth, they have a "50+"
totally free checking, as well, that includes unlimited online banking.

They've got a ton of the normal suspects (payees) in their pre-configured
list, so when setting it up, you only have to pick the person to pay.
Others, you type the info in one time to get them setup.  Again, I'd rather
that the bank pay the 37 cents for the stamp, or on their pre-configed
accounts, it's EFT, no paper at all.

I've spent much time doing the navigating site to site to make the
payments, it's just easier using the one location.

Bank of America, I believe, also has free online banking, and you can link
as many accounts as you want to pay from (Bank of America accounts).  Plus,
at both, you can do instant transfer of funds from one account to another.

I used the BillPay at one point, just figured if the bank wanted to give me
the same service free, have at it, who am I to complain about
free....

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Glenn M.
"Robert Comer"  wrote in message
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>> Most banks are now offering free, or nearly free, online bill pay, much
>> like the Quicken Bill Pay services.  I bank at AmSouth, and they even
>> have the ability to download your data in QIF format to interface to
>> Quicken.
>
> Yep, know that.  Wachovia isn't free around here, but it's slightly
> cheaper than Billpay.
>
>> Why PAY for someone to print/mail your checks, when most banks are now
>> willing to do it for you for free????
>
> Because I've been a satisfied customer for at least 15 years and have
> *never* had a problem and it's a minimal cost.
>
> --
> Bob Comer
>
>
> "Glenn Meadows"  wrote in message
> news:43a9e5c8{at}w3.nls.net...
>> Most banks are now offering free, or nearly free, online bill pay, much
>> like the Quicken Bill Pay services.  I bank at AmSouth, and they even
>> have the ability to download your data in QIF format to interface to
>> Quicken.
>>
>> Why PAY for someone to print/mail your checks, when most banks are now
>> willing to do it for you for free????
>>
>> --
>>
>> Glenn M.
>> "Robert Comer" 
wrote in message
>> news:43a95c5e$1{at}w3.nls.net...
>>>> How do they disable something on your computer? I mean you make it
>>>> sound
>>>> like they have the capability to monitor every transaction you make.
>>>
>>> They disable the online stuff, not stuff on your computer itself, but
>>> anyway, Quicken billpay has sent me a new copy of the latest before they
>>> disable the old one. (it pays them to do that so I continue to pay for
>>> billpay...)
>>>
>>> --
>>> Bob Comer
>>>
>>>
>>> "Geo"  wrote in message
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>>>> "Gregg N"  wrote in message
>>>> news:43a8fa23{at}w3.nls.net...
>>>>
>>>>> They have been disabling online banking once the
product is more than
>>>>> two versions old. See
>>>>
>>>> How do they disable something on your computer? I mean you make it
>>>> sound
>>>> like they have the capability to monitor every transaction you make.
>>>>
>>>> I just use it as an electronic checkbook, I actually make
the payments
>>>> via
>>>> each vendor's website (electric/phone/ect all have pay online
>>>> features).
>>>>
>>>> Geo.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>
>>>
>>
>>
>
>

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