Nice upgrade at Wells with proportional page setting.  Try re-sizing your browser and you will still see everything.  This has been a personal bug bear of mine as to why Banks don’t do this.  Google and Yahoo have been doing this for years. We are the nation’s leading retail mortgage lender Source: Wells Fargo Home Mortgage Chase is the only other of the big ones in North America that I can locate doing this. Citi look wide, but it doesn’t adjust to the browser window. Hat tip to Paymentsnews. On a separate note, Wells and Citi are two of the very … Continue reading Wells Fargo upgrades site to proportional pages

We have a lot of conversation about RSS feeds and their usage for confidential information, such as balances, and bill payments and other information, that toady is behind security, firewalls, and authentication. I see RSS feeds as no different than emails.  Many times in a Google search, I have encountered an RSS feed, when I assumed I was clicking through to a web page.  There is such thing as authenticated feeds, but as far as I know, those are not secure. NetBanker points out BillQ which uses feeds for communication to customers. And there is enormous potential for feeds in … Continue reading RSS and readers are not ready for confidential information

 This is an illuminating article summarising the reasons that Egg doesn’t work, and the reasons are all associated with bad implementation, and problems with the parent.  The Pru needed the proceeds to shore up its UK operation, but no deal was consummated and the saga ultimately claimed the scalp of its then chief executive Jonathan Bloomer. Source: Pru needs to be shot of its Egg bogeyman – Markets – Times Online Some of the implementation issues are highlighted with the resultant bad debts. But still the problem won’t go away. Egg’s profits have wilted, and it is heavily exposed to … Continue reading Egg Bank gives internet banks a bad name

It seems to be merger week, with this one in India, creating much synergy between the banks, with the smaller banks focus on very small balance customers. MUMBAI, DEC 9 : The board of directors of ICICI and Sangli Bank on Saturday approved an all-stock amalgamation of the latter with ICICI Bank. The deal will be in the ratio of one share of ICICI Bank for 9.25 shares of the privately-owned, non-listed Sangli Bank. …… ICICI Bank will seek to leverage Sangli Bank’s network of over 190 branches and existing one lakh customers and 1,850 employees in urban and rural centres for its rural … Continue reading Sangli Bank merges with ICICI Bank