5/3 (Fifth Third) Bank - Any experiences?

With Netbank's demise, I'm considering (now) moving to Fifth Third Bank.
They still offer MS Money direct connect & bill pay without a fee and their
other fees/rates are ok for my needs. The fact that they have a couple local
branches makes it even better - although the times when I've needed a brick
and mortar location is very rare.

I am wondering if their bill pay deducts money from your account on the bill
pay due date or some day prior? Anyone had any good success or bad luck
using Microsoft Money with Fifth Third? Any other concerns or caveats to
Fifth Third that I should keep in mind?

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Steve
Sat Jun 16 00:20:05 CDT 2007

"theorbo" <reply@to-group.nfo> wrote on 10 Jun 2007 in group
microsoft.public.money:

> With Netbank's demise, I'm considering (now) moving to Fifth Third
> Bank. They still offer MS Money direct connect & bill pay without a
> fee and their other fees/rates are ok for my needs. The fact that
> they have a couple local branches makes it even better - although the
> times when I've needed a brick and mortar location is very rare.
>
> I am wondering if their bill pay deducts money from your account on
> the bill pay due date or some day prior? Anyone had any good success
> or bad luck using Microsoft Money with Fifth Third? Any other
> concerns or caveats to Fifth Third that I should keep in mind?

I used Fifth Third a few years ago when I lived in Michigan, and I had no
problems with them. Billpay at that time was done with paper checks, which
were printed and mailed about five business days ahead of the pay date I
specified. A VERY FEW recipients were then set up to do direct transfers,
and those were done on the date I specified.
--
Steve B.
New Life Home Improvement

theorbo
Sat Jun 23 15:11:23 CDT 2007

Thanks for the comment Steve. Apparently their billpay is still just a
payment service because you cannot receive your bills electronically.

"Steve" <steve@tx.rr.com> wrote in message
news:Xns995136A95377184365720018436572@207.46.248.16...
> "theorbo" <reply@to-group.nfo> wrote on 10 Jun 2007 in group
> microsoft.public.money:
>
>> With Netbank's demise, I'm considering (now) moving to Fifth Third
>> Bank. They still offer MS Money direct connect & bill pay without a
>> fee and their other fees/rates are ok for my needs. The fact that
>> they have a couple local branches makes it even better - although the
>> times when I've needed a brick and mortar location is very rare.
>>
>> I am wondering if their bill pay deducts money from your account on
>> the bill pay due date or some day prior? Anyone had any good success
>> or bad luck using Microsoft Money with Fifth Third? Any other
>> concerns or caveats to Fifth Third that I should keep in mind?
>
> I used Fifth Third a few years ago when I lived in Michigan, and I had no
> problems with them. Billpay at that time was done with paper checks, which
> were printed and mailed about five business days ahead of the pay date I
> specified. A VERY FEW recipients were then set up to do direct transfers,
> and those were done on the date I specified.
> --
> Steve B.
> New Life Home Improvement