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On Mon, 2008-08-04 at 05:07 -0700, Duncan wrote: |
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> On Sunday 03 August 2008 17:01:10 gentoo-nfp+help@l.g.o wrote: |
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> > Another option, that might be fit our role more is some direct or online |
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> > banking. ING.com is one of the biggest ones. Capital One is another one |
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> > but I don't care for them as a company .. personal preference. That |
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> > would get by the problem of having to be close by. |
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> (Following the list via digest mode.) |
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> Compass Bank is another 100% online bank. I don't know a lot about them, but |
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> do know I get a decent amount of their cards thru at work, so people use 'em. |
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> 100% online, they sand you a card and you can do business at any ATM. They |
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> refund ATM fees up to X dollars per transaction. |
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> But I've no idea on business accounts with them, and no idea if they require |
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> direct deposit or just that you use an ATM for deposits as well. |
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> 100% online, tho, so there shouldn't be restrictions on locality, except that |
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> their ATM fee refunds might not cover the full amount of non-US transactions. |
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> Due to the strengthened banking laws after 9/11, pretty much anything in the |
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> US is going to require ID verification of some sort. However, I'm not |
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> certain it would have to be all officers, and since faxed documents are held |
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> to be legally valid in the US, I'm guessing that's how something that's 100% |
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> online would work, fax them the IDs. It's possible they'd need notarized, |
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> but notaries are pretty common. |
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> Just throwing another option out there. At least here, ask anyone to name an |
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> online bank, and Compass is likely the name that would come up. |
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As a follow-up. Compass Bank does offer business checking accounts, |
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including accounts for non-profits. And New Mexico is one of their |
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"homes." So, thanks again. |
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Regards, |
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Ferris |
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Ferris McCormick (P44646, MI) <fmccor@g.o> |
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Developer, Gentoo Linux (Devrel, Sparc, Userrel, Trustees) |