Yesteday I mentioned that Jordan and I were thinking about changing banks - well, we stopped thinking about it and just did it! This is where we're at so far....
I transfered $1,500 from our house fund into our new joint Thrive account in case some of the auto-payments go through before our pay cheques go through. I also left $500 in the old account for the same reason. Hopefully, by the end of next month - we can close things off with CIBC. I'm pretty sure we caught everything - it would be horrible to have forgotten and have a missed or bounced payment.
I'm especially pleased that the landlord is willing to accept e-mail money transfers, as with Thrive we only get 20 free cheques (and I need them to pay my horse board).
Have you switched banks recently? Do you think I forgot anything?
Switch to Thrive
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congrats on the bank move, the $500 seems a safe move.
ReplyDeleteI'm thinking about it but I'm a bit too chicken right now!
I'm also very interested as I have almost all of my savings with ING anyway... But I'm wondering about all the hassle too.
ReplyDeleteGood luck!