For me, Bank of America completely rocks. I've used their online banking for
more than 5 years now, and have always loved it. Having lived in Charlotte,
NC (BOA headquarters) in the past, I got to see their new ATM designs, which
are a good example of Interaction Design at the overall experience/service
design level - the combination of the new ATMs + online banking was really
well executed IMO.
I believe they won some awards for online banking experience several years
ago.
> Are there any stellar online banking experiences out there that you know > of? > > --Ambrose > ________________________________________________________________ > Welcome to the Interaction Design Association (IxDA)! > To post to this list ....... discuss at ixda.org > Unsubscribe ................ http://www.ixda.org/unsubscribe > List Guidelines ............ http://www.ixda.org/guidelines > List Help .................. http://www.ixda.org/help >
> For me, Bank of America completely rocks. I've used their online banking > for > more than 5 years now, and have always loved it. Having lived in Charlotte, > NC (BOA headquarters) in the past, I got to see their new ATM designs, > which > are a good example of Interaction Design at the overall experience/service > design level - the combination of the new ATMs + online banking was really > well executed IMO. > > I believe they won some awards for online banking experience several years > ago. > > Jeff > > On Fri, Jun 27, 2008 at 8:04 AM, J. Ambrose Little < >ambrose at aspalliance.com> > wrote: > > > Are there any stellar online banking experiences out there that you know > > of? > > > > --Ambrose > > ________________________________________________________________ > > Welcome to the Interaction Design Association (IxDA)! > > To post to this list ....... discuss at ixda.org > > Unsubscribe ................ http://www.ixda.org/unsubscribe > > List Guidelines ............ http://www.ixda.org/guidelines > > List Help .................. http://www.ixda.org/help > > > ________________________________________________________________ > Welcome to the Interaction Design Association (IxDA)! > To post to this list ....... discuss at ixda.org > Unsubscribe ................ http://www.ixda.org/unsubscribe > List Guidelines ............ http://www.ixda.org/guidelines > List Help .................. http://www.ixda.org/help >
> For me, Bank of America completely rocks. I've used their online banking > for > more than 5 years now, and have always loved it. Having lived in Charlotte, > NC (BOA headquarters) in the past, I got to see their new ATM designs, > which > are a good example of Interaction Design at the overall experience/service > design level - the combination of the new ATMs + online banking was really > well executed IMO. > > I believe they won some awards for online banking experience several years > ago. > > Jeff > > On Fri, Jun 27, 2008 at 8:04 AM, J. Ambrose Little < >ambrose at aspalliance.com> > wrote: > > > Are there any stellar online banking experiences out there that you know > > of? > > > > --Ambrose > > ________________________________________________________________ > > Welcome to the Interaction Design Association (IxDA)! > > To post to this list ....... discuss at ixda.org > > Unsubscribe ................ http://www.ixda.org/unsubscribe > > List Guidelines ............ http://www.ixda.org/guidelines > > List Help .................. http://www.ixda.org/help > > > ________________________________________________________________ > Welcome to the Interaction Design Association (IxDA)! > To post to this list ....... discuss at ixda.org > Unsubscribe ................ http://www.ixda.org/unsubscribe > List Guidelines ............ http://www.ixda.org/guidelines > List Help .................. http://www.ixda.org/help > ________________________________________________________________
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Yes, Chase is pretty good. As soon as I log in, all my accounts are
neatly listed. It's sometimes all I need to do. Plus, their variety
of email and SMS alerts are very useful.
Even more, I love ING Direct. Clean and simple. Putting your PIN in
is nice. Click the numbers or type the letters randomly associated
with the numbers (so someone will have a harder time seeing you type
your PIN).
Speaking of Chase, I love their ATMs. No need to go to any menus, as
it remembers my preferred amount to withdraw. I just type in my PIN
and push quick cash. I just hate waiting for it to spit out my card.
My local bank's ATM has finger print scanning, so I don't even need
my card. If Chase had that, it would be fantastic.
I was both a Chase and BOA customer and wound up closing my accounts
at chase primarily because of BOA better online experience. i
thought chase's experience (while improved from older version) was lousy
have also had limited exposure to countrywide but remember being
satisfied with it
To chart a low point in the experience of online banking check out the
Irish bank AIB (aib.ie). For starters, you can only complete a
transaction online during normal banking hours. And it goes downhill
from there.
Neil
On Jun 27, 2008, at 9:30 AM, christine chastain wrote:
> I think Wachovia is also pretty good and is one of the few banks > that has > done a good job bridging brick and mortar with the online world. > > On Fri, Jun 27, 2008 at 8:43 AM, Jeff White <jwhite31 at gmail.com> > wrote: > >> For me, Bank of America completely rocks. I've used their online >> banking >> for >> more than 5 years now, and have always loved it. Having lived in >> Charlotte, >> NC (BOA headquarters) in the past, I got to see their new ATM >> designs, >> which >> are a good example of Interaction Design at the overall experience/ >> service >> design level - the combination of the new ATMs + online banking was >> really >> well executed IMO. >> >> I believe they won some awards for online banking experience >> several years >> ago. >> >> Jeff >> >> On Fri, Jun 27, 2008 at 8:04 AM, J. Ambrose Little < >>ambrose at aspalliance.com> >> wrote: >> >>> Are there any stellar online banking experiences out there that >>> you know >>> of? >>> >>> --Ambrose >>> ________________________________________________________________ >>> Welcome to the Interaction Design Association (IxDA)! >>> To post to this list ....... discuss at ixda.org >>> Unsubscribe ................ http://www.ixda.org/unsubscribe >>> List Guidelines ............ http://www.ixda.org/guidelines >>> List Help .................. http://www.ixda.org/help >>> >> ________________________________________________________________ >> Welcome to the Interaction Design Association (IxDA)! >> To post to this list ....... discuss at ixda.org >> Unsubscribe ................ http://www.ixda.org/unsubscribe >> List Guidelines ............ http://www.ixda.org/guidelines >> List Help .................. http://www.ixda.org/help >> > ________________________________________________________________ > Welcome to the Interaction Design Association (IxDA)! > To post to this list ....... discuss at ixda.org > Unsubscribe ................ http://www.ixda.org/unsubscribe > List Guidelines ............ http://www.ixda.org/guidelines > List Help .................. http://www.ixda.org/help
Mint.com has excellent budgeting and financial planning tools. The
site make money management a pleasure: nice aesthetics and
interactions combined with useful features.
There's a relatively unknown New Zealand-based site called xero.com that's
pretty good from an overall UI design and usability sense. It's not a bank
site per se, but an online accounting site that uses the customer's
transaction information through bank feeds. Their online demo is pretty good
too, and you can setup a demo company for free to check out the site.
In terms of overall online banking experience, Bank of America, Wells Fargo,
ING Direct, Citibank, Washington Mutual and HSBC typically rank the highest.
But each bank has it's strength, so it depends what feature or criteria
you're looking at.
> Mint.com has excellent budgeting and financial planning tools. The > site make money management a pleasure: nice aesthetics and > interactions combined with useful features. > > -Susan > > > . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . > Posted from the new ixda.org >http://www.ixda.org/discuss?post=30833 > > > ________________________________________________________________ > Welcome to the Interaction Design Association (IxDA)! > To post to this list ....... discuss at ixda.org > Unsubscribe ................ http://www.ixda.org/unsubscribe > List Guidelines ............ http://www.ixda.org/guidelines > List Help .................. http://www.ixda.org/help >
What's the security on that? Probably not FDIC insured.....something
else instead?
On Jun 29, 2008, at 2:21 PM, Susan Dybbs wrote:
> Mint.com has excellent budgeting and financial planning tools. The > site make money management a pleasure: nice aesthetics and > interactions combined with useful features. > > -Susan > > > . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . > Posted from the new ixda.org >http://www.ixda.org/discuss?post=30833 > > > ________________________________________________________________ > Welcome to the Interaction Design Association (IxDA)! > To post to this list ....... discuss at ixda.org > Unsubscribe ................ http://www.ixda.org/unsubscribe > List Guidelines ............ http://www.ixda.org/guidelines > List Help .................. http://www.ixda.org/help
Garanti Bank of Turkey as an absolute answer for your question. You can do
any operation you can think of. And its the easiest online banking
experience selected by user comments.
Its winning European online banking award for last 5 or 6 years too.
For personal banking USAA does a great job (usaa.com). As a bank that
serves the military community and their families they only have one
branch in San Antonio, TX. Everything else is done online, over the
phone, and by mail. Since this has been their business model from day
one they have a very capable online banking platform. Because all the
banking is done remotely they help out by refunding all ATM charges,
allowing free online transfers from/to USAA and any other US bank,
free bill pay, and you can deposit checks online using your personal
scanner (and the deposits are credited immediately to your account -
no 2-3 day holds). Recently they launched mobile.usaa.com and it is
one of the most simple and easy to use mobile implementations I have
seen.
I want what buxfer.com and similar services offer. But in my online
bank experience - hooked up to my accounts.
Sadly, this is not available in Sweden where I'm from..
Any banks offer this where you live? Demos?
Johan
On Jun 30, 2008, at 7:14 AM, Ehab Bandar wrote:
> There's a relatively unknown New Zealand-based site called xero.com > that's > pretty good from an overall UI design and usability sense. It's not > a bank > site per se, but an online accounting site that uses the customer's > transaction information through bank feeds. Their online demo is > pretty good > too, and you can setup a demo company for free to check out the site. > > In terms of overall online banking experience, Bank of America, > Wells Fargo, > ING Direct, Citibank, Washington Mutual and HSBC typically rank the > highest. > But each bank has it's strength, so it depends what feature or > criteria > you're looking at. > > -- > Ehab Bandar >www.bankingunwired.com >www.visual-q.net > > > > > On Sun, Jun 29, 2008 at 2:21 PM, Susan Dybbs <sdybbs at gmail.com> wrote: > >> Mint.com has excellent budgeting and financial planning tools. The >> site make money management a pleasure: nice aesthetics and >> interactions combined with useful features. >> >> -Susan >> >> >> . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . >> Posted from the new ixda.org >>http://www.ixda.org/discuss?post=30833 >> >> >> ________________________________________________________________ >> Welcome to the Interaction Design Association (IxDA)! >> To post to this list ....... discuss at ixda.org >> Unsubscribe ................ http://www.ixda.org/unsubscribe >> List Guidelines ............ http://www.ixda.org/guidelines >> List Help .................. http://www.ixda.org/help >> > ________________________________________________________________ > Welcome to the Interaction Design Association (IxDA)! > To post to this list ....... discuss at ixda.org > Unsubscribe ................ http://www.ixda.org/unsubscribe > List Guidelines ............ http://www.ixda.org/guidelines > List Help .................. http://www.ixda.org/help >
Mint's visual design is spectacular, but they have the gall to pitch
unsolicited credit card offers as a benefit to the consumer. I'm sure
that's helpful to some users, but it's mostly helpful to Mint. (Clever
business model, though, even if it irritates me.)
I switched from Commerce to Bank of America before Mint launched
specifically because of its online capabilities. (It allows me to
monitor all of my accounts, create pie charts and use budget
forecasting, etc.)
BofA's "Porftolio" features are imperfect: they could be far more
customizable. But if it comes to a choice between Mint's pretty charts
and BofA's top-notch security and privacy, I'll stick with the
corporate site. Maybe I'm getting more conservative as I get older?
Elena
On Mon, Jun 30, 2008 at 10:02 AM, Bob Sampson <bobsampson at hotmail.com> wrote:
> I just wish all online banks had the features of mint.com does. Being > able to break down spending and bills into nice pie charts and such.
--
"To understand is to perceive patterns." —Isaiah Berlin
If you want any quantitative and/or qualitative research findings on
the subject of your question, you might want to consider looking at
some of the usability research Change Sciences has done: www.changesciences.com
. They specialize in studying usability issues for e-commerce and
financial institutions. I've worked with them before. Highly
recommended.
My personal take is that they (online banking portals) are all
crippled and represent a wealth of opportunity for IA/UX specialists,
despite the advances made in recent years. Interoperability with
external apps (Quicken, QuickBooks Pro, etc.) is a big factor for me
and I have yet to find a banking site that does that well. (Granted,
there are issues on the app side, too).
And, uhm, hey, y'all: remember to rotate your online banking passwords
every month.
-- Eric Swenson
++++++++++++++++++++++++++
: eric swenson : swensonia inc :eswenson at swensonia.com : office: 631-486-6606 fax: 631-410-1936 : mobile: 917-656-1644 : aim/iChat: swensonia
On Jun 27, 2008, at 11:04 AM, J. Ambrose Little wrote:
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So far for me, BoA is the one with effective and comfortable interface
for my needs. I also found Wells Fargo quite good. Nonetheless, both
of these inflict some pain when they try to cram too much of info on
a given page without using visual weights creatively.
Wachovia (esp. their credit card site) is the worst in terms of
online experience. A perfect example of losing customers because no
one cared for the crappy experiences that people have interacting
with them. Sadly, this is despite the fact that wachovia seem to
provide better products compared to their rivals.
Change Sciences usability reports on Online Banking are quantitative,
comprehensive, and beautifully narrated. They compare every top online
bank in the US. An absolute must for anyone creating online banking
experiences.
EMC Conchango did a nice job on Barclaycard's mybarclaycard service. It uses Mint-like ex post facto categorisation of your spending and uses nice visualisations like an iTunes style capacity/credit bar.
Demo available here > http://www.barclaycard.co.uk/mybarclaycard/
Barclays retail online bank also have an improved UI developed by EMC Conchango which uses a task-led approach to assist users in making transfers, payments and so-on.
I have also seen some nice interface work on PNC's Virtual Wallet in the US.
PNC Virtual Wallet. It helped my financially-challenged friends see their money and improve their spending habits. The interface made it look like a game where you want to maximize savings.
As an interacton designer I don't think it's steller, but I'm not the target audience :)
I love Bank of America's online services. But nowadays, it's hard to
convince the average United States taxpayer that banks that are “too
big to fail” are entitled to their trust. According to Bankrate, the
signs are simple to see. “Do you trust your bank?” posed a recent bank
sentiment polls by consulting firm BAI & Finacle. Not remarkably,
recession-stung customers responded largely in the negative. Bankers
surveyed in the same poll seemed oblivious to the truth, as they
trusted that consumers trust them. Here's a proof: Consumers trust banks a great deal less than bankers think they do, personalmoneystore.com/moneyblog
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For me, Bank of America completely rocks. I've used their online banking for
more than 5 years now, and have always loved it. Having lived in Charlotte,
NC (BOA headquarters) in the past, I got to see their new ATM designs, which
are a good example of Interaction Design at the overall experience/service
design level - the combination of the new ATMs + online banking was really
well executed IMO.
I believe they won some awards for online banking experience several years
ago.
Jeff
On Fri, Jun 27, 2008 at 8:04 AM, J. Ambrose Little <ambrose at aspalliance.com>
wrote:
> Are there any stellar online banking experiences out there that you know
> of?
>
> --Ambrose
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I think Wachovia is also pretty good and is one of the few banks that has
done a good job bridging brick and mortar with the online world.
On Fri, Jun 27, 2008 at 8:43 AM, Jeff White <jwhite31 at gmail.com> wrote:
> For me, Bank of America completely rocks. I've used their online banking
> for
> more than 5 years now, and have always loved it. Having lived in Charlotte,
> NC (BOA headquarters) in the past, I got to see their new ATM designs,
> which
> are a good example of Interaction Design at the overall experience/service
> design level - the combination of the new ATMs + online banking was really
> well executed IMO.
>
> I believe they won some awards for online banking experience several years
> ago.
>
> Jeff
>
> On Fri, Jun 27, 2008 at 8:04 AM, J. Ambrose Little <
> ambrose at aspalliance.com>
> wrote:
>
> > Are there any stellar online banking experiences out there that you know
> > of?
> >
> > --Ambrose
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Chase as well as Countrywide for me. Basically they both are fast, easy to browse, and have the right content.
-Peyush
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I think Wachovia is also pretty good and is one of the few banks that has
done a good job bridging brick and mortar with the online world.
On Fri, Jun 27, 2008 at 8:43 AM, Jeff White <jwhite31 at gmail.com> wrote:
> For me, Bank of America completely rocks. I've used their online banking
> for
> more than 5 years now, and have always loved it. Having lived in Charlotte,
> NC (BOA headquarters) in the past, I got to see their new ATM designs,
> which
> are a good example of Interaction Design at the overall experience/service
> design level - the combination of the new ATMs + online banking was really
> well executed IMO.
>
> I believe they won some awards for online banking experience several years
> ago.
>
> Jeff
>
> On Fri, Jun 27, 2008 at 8:04 AM, J. Ambrose Little <
> ambrose at aspalliance.com>
> wrote:
>
> > Are there any stellar online banking experiences out there that you know
> > of?
> >
> > --Ambrose
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WaMu does everything I want it to, as well.
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Hands down best banking experience I've ever had is Smile.co.uk
http://www.smile.co.uk/images/flash/smiledemo/
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Yes, Chase is pretty good. As soon as I log in, all my accounts are
neatly listed. It's sometimes all I need to do. Plus, their variety
of email and SMS alerts are very useful.
Even more, I love ING Direct. Clean and simple. Putting your PIN in
is nice. Click the numbers or type the letters randomly associated
with the numbers (so someone will have a harder time seeing you type
your PIN).
Speaking of Chase, I love their ATMs. No need to go to any menus, as
it remembers my preferred amount to withdraw. I just type in my PIN
and push quick cash. I just hate waiting for it to spit out my card.
My local bank's ATM has finger print scanning, so I don't even need
my card. If Chase had that, it would be fantastic.
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I was both a Chase and BOA customer and wound up closing my accounts
at chase primarily because of BOA better online experience. i
thought chase's experience (while improved from older version) was lousy
have also had limited exposure to countrywide but remember being
satisfied with it
On Jun 27, 2008, at 3:04 PM, pauric wrote:
Hands down best banking experience I've ever had is Smile.co.uk
http://www.smile.co.uk/images/flash/smiledemo/
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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To chart a low point in the experience of online banking check out the
Irish bank AIB (aib.ie). For starters, you can only complete a
transaction online during normal banking hours. And it goes downhill
from there.
Neil
On Jun 27, 2008, at 9:30 AM, christine chastain wrote:
> I think Wachovia is also pretty good and is one of the few banks
> that has
> done a good job bridging brick and mortar with the online world.
>
> On Fri, Jun 27, 2008 at 8:43 AM, Jeff White <jwhite31 at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
>> For me, Bank of America completely rocks. I've used their online
>> banking
>> for
>> more than 5 years now, and have always loved it. Having lived in
>> Charlotte,
>> NC (BOA headquarters) in the past, I got to see their new ATM
>> designs,
>> which
>> are a good example of Interaction Design at the overall experience/
>> service
>> design level - the combination of the new ATMs + online banking was
>> really
>> well executed IMO.
>>
>> I believe they won some awards for online banking experience
>> several years
>> ago.
>>
>> Jeff
>>
>> On Fri, Jun 27, 2008 at 8:04 AM, J. Ambrose Little <
>> ambrose at aspalliance.com>
>> wrote:
>>
>>> Are there any stellar online banking experiences out there that
>>> you know
>>> of?
>>>
>>> --Ambrose
>>> ________________________________________________________________
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> Are there any stellar online banking experiences out there that you know of?
Germany's Postbank, <https://banking.postbank.de/>. Not necessarily
"stellar" but still quite good (usable and accessible).
--
Jens Meiert
http://meiert.com/en/
Mint.com has excellent budgeting and financial planning tools. The
site make money management a pleasure: nice aesthetics and
interactions combined with useful features.
-Susan
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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There's a relatively unknown New Zealand-based site called xero.com that's
pretty good from an overall UI design and usability sense. It's not a bank
site per se, but an online accounting site that uses the customer's
transaction information through bank feeds. Their online demo is pretty good
too, and you can setup a demo company for free to check out the site.
In terms of overall online banking experience, Bank of America, Wells Fargo,
ING Direct, Citibank, Washington Mutual and HSBC typically rank the highest.
But each bank has it's strength, so it depends what feature or criteria
you're looking at.
--
Ehab Bandar
www.bankingunwired.com
www.visual-q.net
On Sun, Jun 29, 2008 at 2:21 PM, Susan Dybbs <sdybbs at gmail.com> wrote:
> Mint.com has excellent budgeting and financial planning tools. The
> site make money management a pleasure: nice aesthetics and
> interactions combined with useful features.
>
> -Susan
>
>
> . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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>
>
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What's the security on that? Probably not FDIC insured.....something
else instead?
On Jun 29, 2008, at 2:21 PM, Susan Dybbs wrote:
> Mint.com has excellent budgeting and financial planning tools. The
> site make money management a pleasure: nice aesthetics and
> interactions combined with useful features.
>
> -Susan
>
>
> . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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Garanti Bank of Turkey as an absolute answer for your question. You can do
any operation you can think of. And its the easiest online banking
experience selected by user comments.
Its winning European online banking award for last 5 or 6 years too.
You can enter the demo version from the top right corner
http://www.garantibank.com/index.html (English)
But this one is for Expats in Turkey so operations are minimized.
Best regards,
Yunus Tunak
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spacesheep interactive
Istanbul, Turkey
For personal banking USAA does a great job (usaa.com). As a bank that
serves the military community and their families they only have one
branch in San Antonio, TX. Everything else is done online, over the
phone, and by mail. Since this has been their business model from day
one they have a very capable online banking platform. Because all the
banking is done remotely they help out by refunding all ATM charges,
allowing free online transfers from/to USAA and any other US bank,
free bill pay, and you can deposit checks online using your personal
scanner (and the deposits are credited immediately to your account -
no 2-3 day holds). Recently they launched mobile.usaa.com and it is
one of the most simple and easy to use mobile implementations I have
seen.
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I just wish all online banks had the features of mint.com does. Being
able to break down spending and bills into nice pie charts and such.
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I want what buxfer.com and similar services offer. But in my online
bank experience - hooked up to my accounts.
Sadly, this is not available in Sweden where I'm from..
Any banks offer this where you live? Demos?
Johan
On Jun 30, 2008, at 7:14 AM, Ehab Bandar wrote:
> There's a relatively unknown New Zealand-based site called xero.com
> that's
> pretty good from an overall UI design and usability sense. It's not
> a bank
> site per se, but an online accounting site that uses the customer's
> transaction information through bank feeds. Their online demo is
> pretty good
> too, and you can setup a demo company for free to check out the site.
>
> In terms of overall online banking experience, Bank of America,
> Wells Fargo,
> ING Direct, Citibank, Washington Mutual and HSBC typically rank the
> highest.
> But each bank has it's strength, so it depends what feature or
> criteria
> you're looking at.
>
> --
> Ehab Bandar
> www.bankingunwired.com
> www.visual-q.net
>
>
>
>
> On Sun, Jun 29, 2008 at 2:21 PM, Susan Dybbs <sdybbs at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Mint.com has excellent budgeting and financial planning tools. The
>> site make money management a pleasure: nice aesthetics and
>> interactions combined with useful features.
>>
>> -Susan
>>
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Mint's visual design is spectacular, but they have the gall to pitch
unsolicited credit card offers as a benefit to the consumer. I'm sure
that's helpful to some users, but it's mostly helpful to Mint. (Clever
business model, though, even if it irritates me.)
I switched from Commerce to Bank of America before Mint launched
specifically because of its online capabilities. (It allows me to
monitor all of my accounts, create pie charts and use budget
forecasting, etc.)
BofA's "Porftolio" features are imperfect: they could be far more
customizable. But if it comes to a choice between Mint's pretty charts
and BofA's top-notch security and privacy, I'll stick with the
corporate site. Maybe I'm getting more conservative as I get older?
Elena
On Mon, Jun 30, 2008 at 10:02 AM, Bob Sampson <bobsampson at hotmail.com> wrote:
> I just wish all online banks had the features of mint.com does. Being
> able to break down spending and bills into nice pie charts and such.
--
"To understand is to perceive patterns." —Isaiah Berlin
If you want any quantitative and/or qualitative research findings on
the subject of your question, you might want to consider looking at
some of the usability research Change Sciences has done: www.changesciences.com
. They specialize in studying usability issues for e-commerce and
financial institutions. I've worked with them before. Highly
recommended.
My personal take is that they (online banking portals) are all
crippled and represent a wealth of opportunity for IA/UX specialists,
despite the advances made in recent years. Interoperability with
external apps (Quicken, QuickBooks Pro, etc.) is a big factor for me
and I have yet to find a banking site that does that well. (Granted,
there are issues on the app side, too).
And, uhm, hey, y'all: remember to rotate your online banking passwords
every month.
-- Eric Swenson
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On Jun 27, 2008, at 11:04 AM, J. Ambrose Little wrote:
> Are there any stellar online banking experiences out there that you
> know of?
>
> --Ambrose
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So far for me, BoA is the one with effective and comfortable interface
for my needs. I also found Wells Fargo quite good. Nonetheless, both
of these inflict some pain when they try to cram too much of info on
a given page without using visual weights creatively.
Wachovia (esp. their credit card site) is the worst in terms of
online experience. A perfect example of losing customers because no
one cared for the crappy experiences that people have interacting
with them. Sadly, this is despite the fact that wachovia seem to
provide better products compared to their rivals.
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Change Sciences usability reports on Online Banking are quantitative,
comprehensive, and beautifully narrated. They compare every top online
bank in the US. An absolute must for anyone creating online banking
experiences.
http://www.changesciences.com
--
Ripul Kumar
Director, Usability Consulting & User Research
Kern Communications Pvt. Ltd.
http://www.kern-comm.com
* Usability in India *
EMC Conchango did a nice job on Barclaycard's mybarclaycard service. It uses Mint-like ex post facto categorisation of your spending and uses nice visualisations like an iTunes style capacity/credit bar.
Demo available here > http://www.barclaycard.co.uk/mybarclaycard/
Barclays retail online bank also have an improved UI developed by EMC Conchango which uses a task-led approach to assist users in making transfers, payments and so-on.
I have also seen some nice interface work on PNC's Virtual Wallet in the US.
PNC Virtual Wallet. It helped my financially-challenged friends see their money and improve their spending habits. The interface made it look like a game where you want to maximize savings.
As an interacton designer I don't think it's steller, but I'm not the target audience :)
I love Bank of America's online services. But nowadays, it's hard to convince the average United States taxpayer that banks that are “too big to fail” are entitled to their trust. According to Bankrate, the signs are simple to see. “Do you trust your bank?” posed a recent bank sentiment polls by consulting firm BAI & Finacle. Not remarkably, recession-stung customers responded largely in the negative. Bankers surveyed in the same poll seemed oblivious to the truth, as they trusted that consumers trust them. Here's a proof: Consumers trust banks a great deal less than bankers think they do, personalmoneystore.com/moneyblog