At 06:33 PM 3/23/2002 +1100, David Hillary wrote: <SNIP> >Today I made a payment from my Westpac Account to that of another >Westpac customer, through the pay anyone feature, and I note that the >transaction cleared right away and the message came through right >away too. For all the bad things said about banks, at least some are >on the right track. <SNIP>
Quite right, David. I find payments between National Australia Bank accounts also clear immediately, but I have noticed that those between NAB and Bendigo Bank may take overnight. For our American friends some months ago I did see a demo of an Internet Bank account in Seattle that provided ACH payments or similar, but as they wanted thousands of US dollars to open an account, I didn't. While my Bendigo Bank Internet Banking system is a bit crude (compared to the state of the art NAB Internet Banking), I only have passbook accounts (which includes Internet Banking) and I do not pay a single cent in fees or government charges. Even my NAB accounts are much cheaper than US Bank accounts, which reminds me why some people may keep modest balances in E-GOLD. E-GOLD has very low transaction fees, and instant clearance when doing business with people in *any* country, and even the one percent (per year) agio fee may be lower than an American bank account's monthly fees on a small account. Throw in the Shopping Cart Interface, and the availability of e-gold proxy accounts such as 1mdc to remove the agio fee on surplus gold, or Graham Kelly's GoldNow.st offer to pay interest for your gold, then there certainly can be no reason for anyone not to have an e-gold account. Ian Green http://www.clicktwocents.com/?107242 e-gold, e-silver, e-platinum, e-palladium Elemental, my dear Watson! --- You are currently subscribed to e-gold-list as: [email protected] To unsubscribe send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Use e-gold's Secure Randomized Keyboard (SRK) when accessing your e-gold account(s) via the web and shopping cart interfaces to help thwart keystroke loggers and common viruses.
