1/25/2011

Switch to Thrive

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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?

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2 comments:

  1. Catherine@blugoogirl.com25 January 2011 at 13:05

    congrats on the bank move, the $500 seems a safe move.

    I'm thinking about it but I'm a bit too chicken right now!

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  2. Canadian Saver25 January 2011 at 18:59

    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.

    Good luck!

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