Among the things I learned this week:
* ING instituted a super smart policy that requires aggregation services (e.g., American Express’ Money Manager or Mint.com) to use a read-only access code rather than your PIN (i.e., personal identification number). (Courtesy: ING)
* Pittsburgh continues to be a great city, always evolving, but always rocking. Next time you’re in town, check out 33. (Courtesy: Pittsburgh)
* Cacti are amazing in person! (Courtesy: Mother Nature)
Today, I received a letter from Wachovia, my bank. In this letter, Wachovia claimed to be “committed to meeting [my] needs” by telling me how to handle my money. More specifically, they told me that I was exceeding the number of times I could transfer money from my savings account into my checking account. Furthermore, if I have the nerve to do what I want with my money once more, they will kick the money in my savings account into my checking account and shut down the savings account.
Oh no! I might lose the one percent or so of internet I earn on it! Oh no, I will have pissed off one more bank because they won’t let me control _my_ money! Oh no!
Looks like I will just accelerate my planned transition to do all of my banking with ING, which has a checking account that earns 4+ percent.