Online banking browser support

[Kurt Granroth]

On Thursday 29 December 2005 10:38, Dale Farnsworth wrote:
> In article <200512290949.01740.tigerflag at tigerflag.com> you write:
> > I'm currently with Chase bank which took over Bank One. Not at all
> > happy with the new fees they're charging and am looking for another
> > bank. My big concern is if there are still banks around that only
> > support IE. My preferred browser is Mozilla or Konqueror, but I could
> > use Firefox, too.
>
> I've been happy with TruWest Credit Union.  (Used to be Motorola CU.)
> Their website, www.truwest.org, works great with firefox.
> If you live or work in Maricopa County, you can join.

I'll second TruWest.. although I still think of them as MECU.  I've access 
their website throughout the years with Konqueror (even back in the 1.x 
days), Safari, Mozilla, Firefox, and Opera and have never had any problems at 
all.

And on the non-browser front, it's easy to talk to real people there, unlike 
too many banks these days.  Since the CU members are the shareholders, they 
don't nickle-and-dime you with one fee after another, either.  And their 
rates are a little better than average.  They only have two draw-backs, in my 
opinion:

1. They don't have anywhere near as many branches as I would like so cash 
withdrawl can be a problem if you're not careful about ATM fees
2. They don't allow EFT transfers from other banks.  So if you want to 
transfer money from, say, a checking account at Wells Fargo to your saving 
account at TruWest, you have to write a check and physically deposit it.  See 
my number 1 drawback for why that's a problem.

Really, if they had EFT, I would have switched to TruWest for nearly all of my 
banking needs a long time ago.

Speaking of Wells Fargo, their website also works great with all of my 
browsers (including Konqueror).  They don't have the greatest personalized 
service and the fee you up just like any other major bank... BUT there are 
ways to avoid nearly all the fees if you pay attention and they ATMs and 
branches nearly everywhere you look.

Kurt