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This banking apps requirement is laughable if you can manage you bank accounts through the internet browser. I mean there are some banks that only work with an

This banking apps requirement is laughable if you can manage you bank accounts through the internet browser. I mean there are some banks that only work with an app, but majority of banks in my country work through the browser just fine. That being said, I have a separate phone just for bank apps and turn it on only when I need to use it for banking.

zb3 3y ago
> This banking apps requirement is laughable if you can manage you bank accounts through the internet browser. I mean there are some banks that only work with an app, but majority of banks in my country work through the browser just fine. Well, that's exacly why Google has proposed WEI - to make sure they no longer do, and the user is practically forced to have a device that has bundled Google spyware.
- Izkata 3y ago
  > WEI Link so people don't need to go looking: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36875940 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36875940
kevincox 3y ago
Yeah, I have switched to a bank that is accessible via the web. But I fear that eventually they will all require an app.
bitsandboots 3y ago
I've always thought so too - who is banking on their phone? And, loans aside, if I had money in a bank that forced me to change the way I live my life just to store money, I would move to a different bank and tell them that's why they lost a customer.
- izacus 3y ago
  > I've always thought so too - who is banking on their phone? Most people these days.
- ianburrell 3y ago
  Have you never needed to transfer money when traveling or out of houseIf US, have you ever mobile deposited a check? If rest of world, have you ever sent money? I use bank web site most of the time. But if not at home, it is really useful to use phone. It isn’t like banking is complicated that need computer and browser. Bank web sites tend to be awful on smaller screens, I don’t use it on iPad. Also, there are a lot of people that only have phone.
  - bitsandboots 3y ago
    > Have you never needed to transfer money when traveling or out of house No? It can wait for me to return home. Before wireless internet existed this wasn't an issue, so how has that changed things? > If US, have you ever mobile deposited a check? I admit this was literally the only time I used banking apps, but nobody uses checks anymore. I haven't needed to do this in years. > If rest of world, have you ever sent money? Yup, paypal website. Don't even need the app. Works better than venmo etc because it works internationally and various competitors that are app-only only work in 1 country anyway.
- seized 3y ago
  ... Who isn't banking on their phone? That's how I do it 90% of the time.

zb3 3y ago

> This banking apps requirement is laughable if you can manage you bank accounts through the internet browser. I mean there are some banks that only work with an app, but majority of banks in my country work through the browser just fine. Well, that's exacly why Google has proposed WEI - to make sure they no longer do, and the user is practically forced to have a device that has bundled Google spyware.

Izkata 3y ago
> WEI Link so people don't need to go looking: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36875940 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36875940

kevincox 3y ago

Yeah, I have switched to a bank that is accessible via the web. But I fear that eventually they will all require an app.

bitsandboots 3y ago

I've always thought so too - who is banking on their phone? And, loans aside, if I had money in a bank that forced me to change the way I live my life just to store money, I would move to a different bank and tell them that's why they lost a customer.

izacus 3y ago
> I've always thought so too - who is banking on their phone? Most people these days.
ianburrell 3y ago
Have you never needed to transfer money when traveling or out of houseIf US, have you ever mobile deposited a check? If rest of world, have you ever sent money? I use bank web site most of the time. But if not at home, it is really useful to use phone. It isn’t like banking is complicated that need computer and browser. Bank web sites tend to be awful on smaller screens, I don’t use it on iPad. Also, there are a lot of people that only have phone.
- bitsandboots 3y ago
  > Have you never needed to transfer money when traveling or out of house No? It can wait for me to return home. Before wireless internet existed this wasn't an issue, so how has that changed things? > If US, have you ever mobile deposited a check? I admit this was literally the only time I used banking apps, but nobody uses checks anymore. I haven't needed to do this in years. > If rest of world, have you ever sent money? Yup, paypal website. Don't even need the app. Works better than venmo etc because it works internationally and various competitors that are app-only only work in 1 country anyway.
seized 3y ago
... Who isn't banking on their phone? That's how I do it 90% of the time.