Chapter 16
Banking, Bill Paying, and Investing Online
In This Chapter
Managing your checking and savings accounts online
Looking at your credit card statements online
Emailing payments with PayPal
Managing your investments online
Keeping track of your home budget
Once upon a time, money was substantial stuff that glinted in the sun and clinked when you dropped it on the table. Investments were engraved certificates that you kept in your safe-deposit box if they worked out, or used as bathroom wallpaper if they didn’t. Well, that was then. Now, money and investments are mere electronic blips scampering from computer to computer, and if you do any banking or investing, one of the computers they scamper through might as well be yours.
You can do just about any banking online that doesn’t require physically handling pieces of paper, which means everything except withdrawing cash and, at some banks, depositing checks. For these tasks, you have to use an ATM or, if you’re truly retro, ...
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