Re: Bank account bonuses with Social Security?

Anonymous · ‎02-21-2020

In all honesty I don't blame him about Google, I've seen and heard a few things. And just recently my own experience, a trip I booked for April just showed up in my phone calendar all on its own. Yet I made the purchase on my laptop.

I'll admit that it's conveiniant and handy feature, to save time and steps. But at what price?

That's how my current Employer is, have to fill out the change and mail it in. So by the time it takes to arrive plus their processing period, I could be looking at missing one pay period. Which would mean a physical check, thus shortnens the 60 day allotted time for said SUB.

Anonymous · ‎02-21-2020

@Anonymous wrote:
In all honesty I don't blame him about Google, I've seen and heard a few things. And just recently my own experience, a trip I booked for April just showed up in my phone calendar all on its own. Yet I made the purchase on my laptop.

I'll admit that it's conveiniant and handy feature, to save time and steps. But at what price?

That's how my current Employer is, have to fill out the change and mail it in. So by the time it takes to arrive plus their processing period, I could be looking at missing one pay period. Which would mean a physical check, thus shortnens the 60 day allotted time for said SUB.

Do you really think that Early Warning (Zelle) is better than Google? This is the company that logs your transactions and tells credit card companies and banks how much money you have in your accounts. Google uses your info to sell you ads and enhance your experience with their services. If I had to pick between the two and it wasn't an option to have neither, I would pick Google.

In fact I'm waiting on my EWS report to come so I can see what information 1stBank is sharing with them and that will help with my decision on whether or not I leave them for Langley or DCU.

Anonymous · ‎02-22-2020

Not saying I prefer either one. Like I said convenience has a price. lol

Any time someone wants to help you make a process smoother/easier, there's always a cost.

Green456 · ‎02-22-2020

@Anonymous wrote:
@DaveInAZ wrote:
@Anonymous wrote:
@DaveInAZWoah thanks for the tip about sending money with Google Pay! I just opened a Langley account and wanted to move my direct deposit to them but was wondering how I was going to pay my rent since Zelle is not an option (transfer limits are too low)!

So if I have two separate Gmail email addresses, I just add those debit cards and can do it that way or just send to my roommate and she can get it from her debit card?
You only need two Gmail accounts yourself when you want to move money between your own different bank accounts which is what I use it for, I very rarely have to send money to another person. So if your roommate gets a Gmail account and loads the debit card from her bank account into Google Pay you can send money to her Gmail account from your Gmail/Goggle Pay account loaded with the debit card from the bank account you want to take the money from.
Well my roommate's husband doesn't trust Google so he basically forbid her from attaching their debit card to it. 🤦‍♂️

I will just have to figure something else out. I could do a recurring ACH pull to my 1stBank account and then just Zelle it from there but that's a stressful amount of relying on automation. I may just have to give them checks again if I do the switch.

I am thinking that it might not be worth the hassle of moving from 1stBank after all. I haven't made up my mind yet but the $2K Medicaid asset limit is really forcing my hand here.

Same thing here. Google is advertising company. I do no business with them. I don't use android, chrome or google search engine. I would never give my financial information to advertising company. But that's just me.

Anonymous · ‎02-22-2020

@Green456 wrote:
@Anonymous wrote:
@DaveInAZ wrote:
@Anonymous wrote:
@DaveInAZWoah thanks for the tip about sending money with Google Pay! I just opened a Langley account and wanted to move my direct deposit to them but was wondering how I was going to pay my rent since Zelle is not an option (transfer limits are too low)!

So if I have two separate Gmail email addresses, I just add those debit cards and can do it that way or just send to my roommate and she can get it from her debit card?
You only need two Gmail accounts yourself when you want to move money between your own different bank accounts which is what I use it for, I very rarely have to send money to another person. So if your roommate gets a Gmail account and loads the debit card from her bank account into Google Pay you can send money to her Gmail account from your Gmail/Goggle Pay account loaded with the debit card from the bank account you want to take the money from.
Well my roommate's husband doesn't trust Google so he basically forbid her from attaching their debit card to it. 🤦‍♂️

I will just have to figure something else out. I could do a recurring ACH pull to my 1stBank account and then just Zelle it from there but that's a stressful amount of relying on automation. I may just have to give them checks again if I do the switch.

I am thinking that it might not be worth the hassle of moving from 1stBank after all. I haven't made up my mind yet but the $2K Medicaid asset limit is really forcing my hand here.
Same thing here. Google is advertising company. I do no business with them. I don't use android, chrome or google search engine.

I have an iPhone but I use Google search, Google mail, Google maps, and Google Docs on it. 😂

I don't mind Google. There are worse things in the world than advertising.

Anonymous · ‎02-23-2020

@Anonymous wrote:
@Green456 wrote:
@Anonymous wrote:
@DaveInAZ wrote:
@Anonymous wrote:
@DaveInAZWoah thanks for the tip about sending money with Google Pay! I just opened a Langley account and wanted to move my direct deposit to them but was wondering how I was going to pay my rent since Zelle is not an option (transfer limits are too low)!

So if I have two separate Gmail email addresses, I just add those debit cards and can do it that way or just send to my roommate and she can get it from her debit card?
You only need two Gmail accounts yourself when you want to move money between your own different bank accounts which is what I use it for, I very rarely have to send money to another person. So if your roommate gets a Gmail account and loads the debit card from her bank account into Google Pay you can send money to her Gmail account from your Gmail/Goggle Pay account loaded with the debit card from the bank account you want to take the money from.
Well my roommate's husband doesn't trust Google so he basically forbid her from attaching their debit card to it. 🤦‍♂️

I will just have to figure something else out. I could do a recurring ACH pull to my 1stBank account and then just Zelle it from there but that's a stressful amount of relying on automation. I may just have to give them checks again if I do the switch.

I am thinking that it might not be worth the hassle of moving from 1stBank after all. I haven't made up my mind yet but the $2K Medicaid asset limit is really forcing my hand here.
Same thing here. Google is advertising company. I do no business with them. I don't use android, chrome or google search engine.
I have an iPhone but I use Google search, Google mail, Google maps, and Google Docs on it. 😂

I don't mind Google. There are worse things in the world than advertising.

But that's not all they do...

That is why 95% of the people dismiss Google as just a search engine, and have no idea what they're really up to.

People here talk all the time obout privacy and security with banks and especially EQ, yet they don't bat an eye allowing Google to know everything about them. Who's to say that Google isn't the next CRA, or the one providing all the info they base your scores off of?

Anonymous · ‎02-23-2020

@Anonymous wrote:
@Anonymous wrote:
@Green456 wrote:
@Anonymous wrote:
@DaveInAZ wrote:
@Anonymous wrote:
@DaveInAZWoah thanks for the tip about sending money with Google Pay! I just opened a Langley account and wanted to move my direct deposit to them but was wondering how I was going to pay my rent since Zelle is not an option (transfer limits are too low)!

So if I have two separate Gmail email addresses, I just add those debit cards and can do it that way or just send to my roommate and she can get it from her debit card?
You only need two Gmail accounts yourself when you want to move money between your own different bank accounts which is what I use it for, I very rarely have to send money to another person. So if your roommate gets a Gmail account and loads the debit card from her bank account into Google Pay you can send money to her Gmail account from your Gmail/Goggle Pay account loaded with the debit card from the bank account you want to take the money from.
Well my roommate's husband doesn't trust Google so he basically forbid her from attaching their debit card to it. 🤦‍♂️

I will just have to figure something else out. I could do a recurring ACH pull to my 1stBank account and then just Zelle it from there but that's a stressful amount of relying on automation. I may just have to give them checks again if I do the switch.

I am thinking that it might not be worth the hassle of moving from 1stBank after all. I haven't made up my mind yet but the $2K Medicaid asset limit is really forcing my hand here.
Same thing here. Google is advertising company. I do no business with them. I don't use android, chrome or google search engine.
I have an iPhone but I use Google search, Google mail, Google maps, and Google Docs on it. 😂

I don't mind Google. There are worse things in the world than advertising.
But that's not all they do...
That is why 95% of the people dismiss Google as just a search engine, and have no idea what they're really up to.
People here talk all the time obout privacy and security with banks and especially EQ, yet they don't bat an eye allowing Google to know everything about them. Who's to say that Google isn't the next CRA, or the one providing all the info they base your scores off of?

The vast majority of their business is advertising. They dabble in all kinds of things like any other corporation but I trust Google way more than I trust EQ or any of the other CRAs. Maybe that's because in the ~16 years I have been using Google's services they haven't failed to protect my data.

24.1 billion dollars of their 27.7 billion Q3 2018 revenue was from advertising. Considering how many hands Google has in the cookie jar with all their many projects, it's impressive how much they actually derive from advertising.

DaveInAZ · ‎02-23-2020

Funny how this thread has taken a turn into how much info Google collects on you and if it is wise to allow them to do so. I'm so heavily into Google they should be able to know when I fart. Android phone, Chromebook laptop, Sony Android TV, Sling Android DVR for antenna TV and streaming. No concerns, they want to sell advertising targeted for what they know my interests are, easy enough to ignore, and now and then I get an ad that actually interest me.