Community Chat

[Stelladorable]

TPTB are turning their sites on these kinds of junk fees. Banks, airlines and cable companies are at the top of the list. Enough of this ****** already.

[Love to Run]

Banks and other institutions should de incentivize paper waste. The environmental impact of producing and delivering millions of statements that are readily available online is tremendous. If someone wants to waste their own energy, ink, and paper to print them out it's on them.

[Bri369]

I don't see the need for paper statements any longer.  It's just something I'm going to wind up shredding anyway.  I can access my accounts 24 hours a day.  If I need to have a paper copy, I can just print out what I need. 

[CalminHeart]

I get all my statements online. I don't want personal information going through the mail anymore. I've lost most of my faith in people given the last 6 years.

You could always print your statement. My 90 yr old dad prefers to use paper and that's what he does.  easy peasy.

[Sunshine Kate]

I will continue to receive bank statements in the mail.  I know more and more banks are going to everything online.  Ugh!!

If I receive the bank statement online, then I have to use my printer, paper and printer ink to print the hard copy.

I'm not the one with the business!! 

Sometimes I feel like I'm working for a business from my own home and computer!!

[kaydee50]

@occasionalrain  If you pay your bills online, why do you want the statement mailed to you?  Doesn't make sense to me.  I trust internet service more than I do the USPS.

[PickyPicky3]

Whenever I get a notice of a fee for a mailed statement, I call the bank and they reverse it. So far so good.

[Krimpette]

I get my bank statements on line once a month and I print out only those  pages that I might use to refer to at tax time.

[Love my grandkids]

I was glad when years ago my bank statements went paperless. It is extremely easy to print them out.

Many people have had their identity stolen from thieves stealing bank statements from the mail. This has been widely reported for a few years.

[Scooby Doo]

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@occasionalrain wrote:

One of the banks I use notified me that they will now be charging a fee for mailed statements. I pay my bills on line but want my statements mailed to me. Because of this, I've begun moving my money from that bank and will be closing my accounts. Banking is competitive. I regularly receive offers from various banks wanting my business. The latest was $300 to open a checking account. Nickel and dime fees charged to a current customer is an added incentive to relocate their checking account to the bank offering them $300.

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All you have to do is download the statement and print it.  Then you can delete the statement from your computer if you wish.  Seems easier than all the work you have to do to change banks.