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Looks like Simple[1] is perfectly positioned for the future of banking. 1. http://simple.com http://simple.com

jsemrau 13y ago
I voted you up. People might think you post is spam for showing off what might be your own site. But for me at the end of the day this site is about exactly this, to show of the product of your work.
- wavefunction 13y ago
  Don't vote him up yet. Visa/Mastercard programs like Simple still have to be backed by a bank. If you scroll to the bottom you'll see it's backed by "The Bankcorp Bank." Or maybe that's irrelevant to what you're saying, but it needs to be said.
- christiangenco 13y ago
  Hah, for the record: not my own site, just a very happy customer.
radicaldreamer 13y ago
That's complete nonsense, Simple is simply a front-end for one of the worst banks out there: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/U.S._Bancorp http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/U.S._Bancorp There's a reason they're no longer called Bank Simple- because the law is very clear on what you can actually called a bank. Simple is not a bank.
- parsnips 13y ago
  They are not a front for US Bancorp. They're a front for Bancorp Bank (http://www.thebancorp.com/ http://www.thebancorp.com/), which is in fact a completely different and unrelated small bank.
  - radicaldreamer 13y ago
    Ah, thanks for the clarification!
- christiangenco 13y ago
  > banks will have to follow a customer-centric approach and offer simple, user-friendly and effective products, with a high level of transparency and security Simple is killing it on user-friendliness, and has the absolute best mobile and web banking interfaces I've ever used. They also tout the "very low operating costs" talked about in this article because they don't have a physical location. The future of banking isn't necessarily a bank.
  - radicaldreamer 13y ago
    What is banking to you? To me, at the least, banking is taking deposits and making loans, neither of which Simple does by itself. It might provide a great front-end for another Bank which does those things, but I don't understand how that makes it the positioned for "future of banking", whatever that means to you.

I voted you up. People might think you post is spam for showing off what might be your own site. But for me at the end of the day this site is about exactly this, to show of the product of your work.

wavefunction 13y ago
Don't vote him up yet. Visa/Mastercard programs like Simple still have to be backed by a bank. If you scroll to the bottom you'll see it's backed by "The Bankcorp Bank." Or maybe that's irrelevant to what you're saying, but it needs to be said.
christiangenco 13y ago
Hah, for the record: not my own site, just a very happy customer.

radicaldreamer 13y ago

That's complete nonsense, Simple is simply a front-end for one of the worst banks out there: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/U.S._Bancorp http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/U.S._Bancorp There's a reason they're no longer called Bank Simple- because the law is very clear on what you can actually called a bank. Simple is not a bank.

parsnips 13y ago
They are not a front for US Bancorp. They're a front for Bancorp Bank (http://www.thebancorp.com/ http://www.thebancorp.com/), which is in fact a completely different and unrelated small bank.
- radicaldreamer 13y ago
  Ah, thanks for the clarification!
christiangenco 13y ago
> banks will have to follow a customer-centric approach and offer simple, user-friendly and effective products, with a high level of transparency and security Simple is killing it on user-friendliness, and has the absolute best mobile and web banking interfaces I've ever used. They also tout the "very low operating costs" talked about in this article because they don't have a physical location. The future of banking isn't necessarily a bank.
- radicaldreamer 13y ago
  What is banking to you? To me, at the least, banking is taking deposits and making loans, neither of which Simple does by itself. It might provide a great front-end for another Bank which does those things, but I don't understand how that makes it the positioned for "future of banking", whatever that means to you.