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VentureBeat: iPhone breaks another barrier: Lets you deposit checks with its camera

  • scottmunc · 4 months ago
    USAA has been on the ball with new technology. They are a virtual bank that saves cost due to having no branches. They pass these savings on to customers by reimbursing those ridiculous ATM fees and allowing free money transfers to any bank from your accounts. They have a Twitter news account @USAA_NEWS and a social media rep who I believe is @JohnHancock61. They also have a web-based mobile application that is accessed through the iPhone browser yet looks and acts like a local application.

    I've used the SCAN @ HOME system for depositing checks for the past couple years but this new iPhone app to deposit checks will be my new deposit system.

    Nice work USAA.

    If only your website worked with Google Chrome!!!!!
  • engagoteam · 4 months ago
    In Europe checks are more or less history.
  • cyberfanatic · 4 months ago
    couldn't agree more
  • clarke thomas · 4 months ago
    I have a USAA bank account. What should be mentioned is that USAA started as a bank for US military officers & their families(my father was Marines). Yes it's small, & mostly internet based; though there is a teller office in San Antonio, TX. But most of their clients are military personnel who are constantly on the move, which makes the ease of check depositing all the more necessary.
  • cyberfanatic · 4 months ago
    I believe this new system is quite good.
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