Easy Payments between Friends and at Auction Sites for both sellers and buyers.
Receive/Send online payments FREE from/to anyone with an email address.
You can fund the payments with a debit card or credit card. Using the credit card is considered a "purchase" rather than a "cash advance".
$5 bonus promotion ended in September 2003.
Now available internationally:
United States, Australia, Austria, Belgium, (no longer Brazil), Canada, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Hong Kong, (no longer Ireland), (no longer Israel), (no longer Italy), Japan, (no longer Korea), Mexico, Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Portugal, Singapore, (no longer South Africa), Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, United Kingdom.
Kinds of money:
U.S. Dollar, Australian Dollar, Euro, Canadian Dollar, Danish Krone, Hong Kong Dollar, Japanese Yen, Mexican Peso, New Zealand Dollar, Norwegian Krone, Singapore Dollar, Swedish Krona, Swiss Franc, Pounds Sterling
Notes:
-- ING Direct is the pioneer of the high-interest-rate online savings accounts. You will use an existing checking account of your current bank to link to a new savings account at ING Direct. Have your checkbook ready. To open an account, you will need your current checking account number and its bank's routing number (ABA transit number), which are on your printed checks.
-- You can transfer your fund out of the savings account up to 6 times a month just like any other savings or money market accounts. This is due to a Federal regulation. No limit on the number of deposits. ATM cards are now available if you open their "Electric Orange" checking account.
-- ING Bank (a US bank) is part of ING Group, based in Netherlands, one of the world's largest integrated financial services organizations, which includes Aetna and ReliaStar.
(INGDirect.com)
-- Free unlimited online bill payments with a "Free Checking" account.
-- $100 minimum required to open an account. No monthly service charge. Unlimited check writing.
-- "American e-Checking" account offers one of the highest rates among bill paying checking account nationwide. To avoid monthly fee for this account, maintain average monthly balances of $1,000.
-- Depositing from your local bank account electronically is available free (ACH). No free bank-by-mail envelopes offered.
-- ATM surcharge refund: $6.00 per monthly statement cycle. ($4.75 maximum for each transaction) Read the detail.
Free online credit reports annually from
Equifax, Experian and TransUnion each.
Fair and Accurate Credit Transactions Act of 2003 ((FACT Act or FACTA)
Note: If the link does not work, just copy "AnnualCreditReport.com"
and paste it in the web address box.
