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Tue, 05 Jun 2007 19:46:18 +0000

[...] June 2: Emigrant Direct Gets a New Website [...]

By: Ray

Ray — Thu, 20 Jul 2006 18:11:26 +0000

Emigrant Bank was founded by Irish emigrants as a mutual savings bank in 1850 and it mostly does business in New York.

By: Flexo

Flexo — Fri, 16 Jun 2006 13:10:19 +0000

The latest I’ve heard from Emigrant is the website will be activated in June. There should be a follow-up mailing but I haven’t seen it yet.

By: Mike

Mike — Fri, 16 Jun 2006 12:09:16 +0000

When is this new web site being launched?

By: htran

htran — Wed, 14 Jun 2006 23:17:57 +0000

The whole emigrant system is retarded. I saw the new website last night- could not log in, but now the website reverted to the old one. What is going on? I also cannot transfer to/from the account, and it is not because of the waiting period- that was a long time ago. I really dont want to wait on infinite hold with some call center in bangladesh. The whole thing does not inspire confidence, so I will probably go back to ING.

By: Bob

Bob — Mon, 05 Jun 2006 04:49:34 +0000

Their site was pretty shady. I deal in fraud recognition and I had to give a long test run before transfering anything substantial. One problem with mutltiple linked accounts is it allows a theif to add a second account to your savings, with which to withdraw funds. As it stands now, money can only go in the way it came out. I think they should retain that model for security.

By: Jason

Jason — Sun, 04 Jun 2006 10:41:17 +0000

Adam, there is a link above about opening an Emigrant Direct Account.

As far as the upgrade, I hope they make it so that you can add accounts online via the two small deposit routine. Its easier that way and it allows you to link non checking accounts. It kinda sounds like they will just increase the number of accounts you can have linked, though.

By: Adam

Adam — Sun, 04 Jun 2006 02:32:57 +0000

anyone of you here have an emmigrant direct bank account?

it says here “However, if you put that same $15000 into an Emmigrant Direct Savings account yielding 4.65% interest, you will have made $675 in a 1 year period. Therefore, $675 – $75 = $600 more with the Emmigrant Bank Savings account!”

is 4.65% too good to be true? how do i open such an account?

By: Matt Hartrich - Buffalo, NY

Matt Hartrich - Buffalo, NY — Sun, 04 Jun 2006 00:58:22 +0000

I suppose Emigrant Direct is responding to the complaints on the internet about their interface.

By: Mike

Mike — Sat, 03 Jun 2006 04:10:12 +0000

Thanks for the info. I will contact them directly if I have to wait another week. Thanks again and great site!

By: Flexo

Flexo — Sat, 03 Jun 2006 01:45:54 +0000

My email to you bounced, Mike.

It did take me more than a week to verify my Emigrant Direct account when I opened it. Maybe close to two. If you don’t see the deposits after two weeks, contact their support. There’s no need for the process to take that long, though.

By: Mike

Mike — Sat, 03 Jun 2006 00:02:17 +0000

A bit off topic, I initialized the process of opening my Emigrant Direct account on 5/26, verified the “2 small deposits in my checking” account to verify my checking acct. with them on 5/31. How long does this whole process take in your estimation? They have not transferred the initial funds from my checking to the Emigrant account yet. Any ideas? Could you by chance email me this answer? Thanks!