for those watching the evolution of x.com (so well documented in this list :), they sent out the closing announcement tonight. effective 2000/dec/01 all checking, cd and mutual fund accounts are closed. the cd holders of course get the full interest which would have been paid at maturity; probably only a small charge for the bottom line. they stop accepting deposits on the 20th. earlier there was a proxy vote on adding debit cards and check writing privs to the money market fund. this has been followed by the recent addition of interest payments on paypal balances. i expect an announcement soon of a debit card (titanium again?) and checks for paypal accounts. x certainly had more money behind it than paypal, but it seems the us consumers were just not ready to buy into fully internet banks; paypal's positioning as a c2c payment facilitator proved to be the better sell. perhaps some other net-only bank will move into the vacuum left behind by x. or not. a brokerage account with unlimited checks and a debit card is perhaps a better choice. in the end, though, my money is on e-gold and family. -JimC -- James H. Cloos, Jr. <http://jhcloos.com/public_key> 1024D/ED7DAEA6 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> E9E9 F828 61A4 6EA9 0F2B 63E7 997A 9F17 ED7D AEA6 Is this post worth two cents? Then goto <http://2cw.org/23>! --- You are currently subscribed to e-gold-list as: archive@jab.org To unsubscribe send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
