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From:Matt Sealey
Date:23 Apr 2001 at 23:44:19
Subject:Re: Day jobs

Hello Neil

On 23-Apr-01, you wrote:

> Matt Sealey said,
>
>> Hello Neil
>
>>> Doesn't your browser work with Online banking?
>
>> HSBC don't do business internet banking yet, they don't consider it
>> secure to do anything more than looking at statements. And
>
> I don't really see the difference, only the values change. Losing a few
> hundred is probably more significant to an individual than losing a few
> thousand is to a company.

*shrug* it's not my excuse, it's theirs. Considering they got hacked not
long back (even though they didn't have anything "stolen") I'd say they
were right.

>> considering the cost, it'd be cheaper to use the installed telephone
>> banking system to do it.
>
> What cost? I use Barclays and LloydsTSB online banking and there's no
> cost. It's really handy for the sort of thing you mentioned,
> transferring money between accounts, as well as paying bills. Thew only
> time I go into the bank nowadays is to pay in cheques.

Considering it doesn't cost me much by telephone banking. And I get a
human to do it. So I can ask questions etc. Can't do that with a PC.

Thanks



Matt Sealey <matt@kittycat.co.uk>
Website http://www.kittycat.co.uk

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