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Mac Forum / Country Specific / UK Mac Group / May 2008online banking forcs us to get a PC
Doing business in Dublin, Ireland. We are 100% mac company. After a month of trying we have had to surrender and get a PC for one purpose and one only - to run online banking. Not a single major bank in this country allows Macs to use their business online banking software.... I spoke to three people in Apple Ireland about this.. a) at first they claimed they had never heard this. b) then they admitted it and said it was a pity c) I asked them what they planned to do about it and they said it was up to the banks. d) I asked them if they are pressuring the banks. They said no. f.ck !  SignatureHoward > Not a single major bank in this country allows Macs to use their > business online banking software.... Hmm, as far as I know, all the Uk banks support Macs. Mine certainly does. Could you not use a bank which is a subsidiary or affiliate of an English/Scottish/Norn Irish bank? > > Not a single major bank in this country allows Macs to use their > > business online banking software.... > > Hmm, as far as I know, all the Uk banks support Macs. Mine certainly > does. Could you not use a bank which is a subsidiary or affiliate of an > English/Scottish/Norn Irish bank? Are you sure for business banking ? They allow Macs for personal banking here... but NOT business. SignatureHoward > > > Not a single major bank in this country allows Macs to use their > > > business online banking software.... [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] > Are you sure for business banking ? They allow Macs for personal banking > here... but NOT business. Yes, I'm sure. >Doing business in Dublin, Ireland. We are 100% mac company. > [quoted text clipped - 11 lines] >to the banks. >d) I asked them if they are pressuring the banks. They said no. This is something you could certainly do using Parallels, to pick up your other question. Cheers - Jaimie Signature"Prediction is very difficult, especially about the future" - Niels Bohr >> Doing business in Dublin, Ireland. We are 100% mac company. >> [quoted text clipped - 16 lines] > > Cheers - Jaimie Simple change your bank and TELL them why... SignatureMike Peace and Happiness is a State of Mind.... > >> Doing business in Dublin, Ireland. We are 100% mac company. > >> [quoted text clipped - 18 lines] > > Simple change your bank and TELL them why... If we can find one that does offer it for business banking. SignatureHoward >> Simple change your bank and TELL them why... > > If we can find one that does offer it for business banking. HSBC is multinational, they must have branches in Ireland, surely. I log in several times daily from a Mac with no trouble at all. Also, bear in mind that though they say they don't support Macs, it doesn't mean Macs won't work. Justin. SignatureJustin C, by the sea. > >> Simple change your bank and TELL them why... > > [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] > Also, bear in mind that though they say they don't support Macs, it > doesn't mean Macs won't work. I'll look into that Justin - tks for the suggestion. SignatureHoward > Doing business in Dublin, Ireland. We are 100% mac company. > > After a month of trying we have had to surrender and get a PC for one > purpose and one only - to run online banking. This related thing happened to me a couple of weeks ago: http://lofi-gaming.org.uk/blog/2008/05/02/we-dont-support-the-firefox-search-engine/ deKay SignatureLofi Gaming - http://lofi-gaming.org.uk Gaming Diary - http://lofi-gaming.org.uk/diary Blog - http://lofi-gaming.org.uk/blog My computer runs at 3.5MHz and I'm proud of that >> Doing business in Dublin, Ireland. We are 100% mac company. >> [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > > http://lofi-gaming.org.uk/blog/2008/05/02/we-dont-support-the-firefox-search-engine/ Jeez. Any company that employs people in tech support that are so clueless that they can't tell the difference between a web-browser and a search engine don't deserve any custom. Justin. SignatureJustin C, by the sea. > > Doing business in Dublin, Ireland. We are 100% mac company. > > [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] > http://lofi-gaming.org.uk/blog/2008/05/02/we-dont-support-the-firefox-sear > ch-engine/ Scary when you know more about your problem than the people that are supposed to help you out of it. Even scarier when they turn out not to have a clue. Pity you stopped the conversation there and then, it would have been interesting to see how it developed (for extended values of 'interesting..') Signatureflavio matani guitar tuition homepage.mac.com/flavio_matani/guitar/ www.livejournal.com/users/flavius_m/ > Doing business in Dublin, Ireland. We are 100% mac company. > [quoted text clipped - 11 lines] > to the banks. > d) I asked them if they are pressuring the banks. They said no. There is nothing apple can really do, I would say it was down to the customers. HSBC business banking didn't originally work on the mac when we started with it, and we kept asking them. Eventually we go a message from them telling us it worked on safari and firefox on the mac. I have a PC but I don't do banking on it (or use internet explorer on the internet). It is really down to the customers. Banks don't care at all about platforms or applications, they only care about money. If they can get more money by providing mac access, they will. SignatureWoody www.alienrat.com Howard <mail@Howard.com> wrote: >> Doing business in Dublin, Ireland. We are 100% mac company. >> [quoted text clipped - 11 lines] >> to the banks. >> d) I asked them if they are pressuring the banks. They said no. AIB claim to support Safari http://www.aib.ie/servlet/Satellite?cid=1177399173201&pagename=IBHelpInfo%2F ib_main§ion=S004&c=IBContent_C > Howard <mail@Howard.com> wrote: > > [quoted text clipped - 17 lines] > http://www.aib.ie/servlet/Satellite?cid=1177399173201&pagename=IBHelpInfo%2F > ib_main§ion=S004&c=IBContent_C Personal online banking only - I believe. SignatureHoward > Howard <mail@Howard.com> wrote: > > [quoted text clipped - 17 lines] > http://www.aib.ie/servlet/Satellite?cid=1177399173201&pagename=IBHelpInfo%2F > ib_main§ion=S004&c=IBContent_C But they tell you to "restart your pc" <start quote> Safari • Go to 'Safari' in the browser menu bar • Click on 'Preferences' • Click on the 'Security' icon near the top window • Under 'Accept cookies' the 'Always' or 'Only from the sites you navigate' to must be selected • Save changes by clicking 'Ok' and then restart you pc <end quote> SignatureHow are t'ings? > > Doing business in Dublin, Ireland. We are 100% mac company. > > [quoted text clipped - 24 lines] > platforms or applications, they only care about money. If they can get > more money by providing mac access, they will. But why isn't Apple getting involved ? The pressure on businesses to stay away from the Mac is big enough without this added disincentive surely ! It is in Apple's interest to take some action, to work with the banks to see what would be involved to ensure Macs can use the system and therefore remove that disincentive ! SignatureHoward > > > Doing business in Dublin, Ireland. We are 100% mac company. > > > [quoted text clipped - 31 lines] > take some action, to work with the banks to see what would be involved > to ensure Macs can use the system and therefore remove that disincentive There is nothing apple can do. If banks use the standards that exist for that very purpose then everything will work fine in every browser. Unfortunately, some banks aren't very good and write their websites properly, only for IE and in that case it doesn't work. They don't have to do anything 'special' for the mac. SignatureWoody www.alienrat.com > Doing business in Dublin, Ireland. We are 100% mac company. > [quoted text clipped - 13 lines] > > f.ck ! I use NatWest business banking on my Mac, it even runs on my iPhone. I do use Parallels for running Sage though. Sa. SignatureSara The teeth are free at last! Fly free, young teethies! > I use NatWest business banking on my Mac, it even runs on my iPhone. There's a wonderful irony in this. Yes, so did I whilst I had my business. However the original Natwest were renowned throughout the land* as being IE-only people. I actually left them as a consumer because I was fed up they wouldn't work with Firefox. Literally years later, and shortly after the RBS takeover, a message popped up on the Bugzilla entry from an RBS developer wanting to know what the problem was and how it could be fixed. A flurry of activity later and matters were sorted for Firefox. They still banned Safari, but that was due to a Sfari bug of the time which made it insecure (I forget the details now - something to do with caching header responses which meant I could log off but then someone could just go back in history and have my full log on). A spot of activity later on Apple's part, and all was well. > I do use Parallels for running Sage though. s/Parallels/VMware/ s/Sage/Quicken/ but yes, that something I still needed Windows for. In fact, it was the only thing I needed Windows for during the whole time I ran the business, and that includes Office documents. NeoOffice was able to handle all of the ones I got. Cheers, Ian * This is of course totally untrue. It was famed throughout Mozilla's Bugzilla entry and various other sites. It wasn't the worst offender though - that 'honour' would probably go to the Odeon site of the time. |
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