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Are online banking users second-class citizens?

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  • ZeroSum
    ZeroSum Posts: 1,222 Forumite
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    Barkin said:
    Hoenir said:
    Given the choice of a 25 inch monitor or a tiny phone screen. It's PC for me every time when it comes to serious tasks.  
    What on earth's a "serious" task?

    I'll be in Sicily next week, doing some "serious" stuff (spending money etc) but I'll pass on carting a keyboard, mouse & widescreen monitor with me.

    Almost all of the banking apps that I use are optimised for a phone screen - amazing, eh? - and doing "stuff", even "serious" stuff really isn't difficult. 

    Anything that involves a spreadsheet.
    All my financial monitoring is done on computer with either excel or MS money. I haven't yet seen a phone option that comes close in functionality.
  • Barkin
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    ZeroSum said:
    Barkin said:
    Hoenir said:
    Given the choice of a 25 inch monitor or a tiny phone screen. It's PC for me every time when it comes to serious tasks.  
    What on earth's a "serious" task?

    I'll be in Sicily next week, doing some "serious" stuff (spending money etc) but I'll pass on carting a keyboard, mouse & widescreen monitor with me.

    Almost all of the banking apps that I use are optimised for a phone screen - amazing, eh? - and doing "stuff", even "serious" stuff really isn't difficult. 

    Anything that involves a spreadsheet.
    All my financial monitoring is done on computer with either excel or MS money. I haven't yet seen a phone option that comes close in functionality.
    Do you use Excel/Money instead of online banking web portals, or instead of mobile banking apps? 
  • ZeroSum
    ZeroSum Posts: 1,222 Forumite
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    Barkin said:
    ZeroSum said:
    Barkin said:
    Hoenir said:
    Given the choice of a 25 inch monitor or a tiny phone screen. It's PC for me every time when it comes to serious tasks.  
    What on earth's a "serious" task?

    I'll be in Sicily next week, doing some "serious" stuff (spending money etc) but I'll pass on carting a keyboard, mouse & widescreen monitor with me.

    Almost all of the banking apps that I use are optimised for a phone screen - amazing, eh? - and doing "stuff", even "serious" stuff really isn't difficult. 

    Anything that involves a spreadsheet.
    All my financial monitoring is done on computer with either excel or MS money. I haven't yet seen a phone option that comes close in functionality.
    Do you use Excel/Money instead of online banking web portals, or instead of mobile banking apps? 

    No. It's an additional analysis I do 
    I use mobile apps, but in terms of bringing everything together, with various projections, future cashflow etc, its not possible on a phone
  • Barkin
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    I use Excel too, but that's hardly relevant to a discussion of the relative merits of online banking portals vs mobile apps... 
  • ZeroSum
    ZeroSum Posts: 1,222 Forumite
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    Barkin said:
    I use Excel too, but that's hardly relevant to a discussion of the relative merits of online banking portals vs mobile apps... 

    I'm guessing the 'serious tasks' was also something beyond online / app banking 
  • Barkin
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    ZeroSum said:
    Barkin said:
    I use Excel too, but that's hardly relevant to a discussion of the relative merits of online banking portals vs mobile apps... 

    I'm guessing the 'serious tasks' was also something beyond online / app banking 
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