[lug] Online Banking?

[Elyse M. Grasso]

On Thursday 12 July 2007, Ben Whaley wrote:
> I can second Elevations. It works great with Firefox + Ubuntu for my 
girlfriend.
> 
> - Ben
> 
> 
> On 7/12/07, Glenn Ashton <gfa at idiom.com> wrote:
> >
> > Well, not to mention that I received just yesterday a "patch-it-now-agram"
> > regarding Adobe Flash and some security vulnerabilities.
> >
> > It's just ironic given the conversation....
> >
> > -Glenn Ashton
> >
> > On Wed, 11 Jul 2007, Kevin Fenzi wrote:
> >
> > > On Wed, 11 Jul 2007 09:54:14 -0600
> > > emgrasso at data-raptors.com ("Elyse M. Grasso") wrote:
> > >
> > > > Does anyone have a local bank or credit union with online banking
> > > > that works with Linux? (64 bit Kubuntu, fully up-to-date)
> > > >
> > > > I have used Bellco Credit Union for years, and they used to have
> > > > wonderful online banking, but it appears they no longer want me as a
> > > > customer.
> > > >
> > > > They just changed their login procedure to one that requires Flash.
> > > > (Which I consider pretty tacky in and of itself).
> > >
> > > Yeah, I am a bellco customer too. Flash is very anoying. ;(
> > > >
> > > > I've got Flash working in both Firefox and Konqueror (32bit plugins
> > > > with 64 bit executables) but the login process is not working.
> > >
> > > Odd. I just tried it here and it worked for me.
> > >
> > > > They have also changed their website and support structure so that if
> > > > you are not logged in there is really no way to let them know about
> > > > problems online. They have no contact email addresses any more.
> > > >
> > > > Bozos.
> > >
> > > Yeah, not sure what makes them think that flash is going to be more
> > > secure, or setting things up so you can't complain would help.
> > >
> > > Anyhow, it's still working for me, so I guess I will stick with them a
> > > bit longer... we should both complain tho. :)
> > >
> > > kevin
> > >
> >
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Thanks for all the suggestions. They seem to be fixing the website (today it 
was cranky and tended to hang during page transitions. but at least it let me 
log in). So I will probably stay with Bellco unless they break it worse 
again: I have a bunch of accounts with them, and moving everything would be a 
pain. 

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Elyse Grasso

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