Talk:NetBank

Criticism
Does the criticism section seem heavily opinionated to anyone else? I think source attribution would be appropriate here; if not, the section should probably be removed. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 68.34.170.75 (talk • contribs)

I removed ' All lend or originate mortgages' This is VERY inaccurate. (Securities lending, origination, CDS, CDOS, swaps..... and so on.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 76.19.150.23 (talk) 03:28, 17 February 2010 (UTC)

Copy eds
Following the recent development, the article needs to be updated and rewritten, not deleted. Wikipedia is not a newspaper, so what has happened in the history should not be deleted just because the corporation has been delisted from the Nastaq stock market. --Camptown 12:00, 11 August 2007 (UTC)

Comments
NetBank was the second "pure" internet bank, after another Atlanta institution, Security First. By nature of the business, both started life as Thrifts. While Security First was more of a demonstration of the S1 software, NetBank was a true banking operation.

From the beginning, the taking of deposits was relatively easy. Without the expense of "bricks and sticks", Netbank was able to pay slightly higher rates on deposits. The problem in the beginning, as it is today, was the profitable generation of assets. Effective lending, as we learned during the interet boom years, required a relationship.

NetBank was originally a "branch" of Carolina First Bank, and the brainchild of T Stephen Johnson, Atlanta Bank Consultant.

Fascinating Story!!!!

John Bob 17:57, 13 August 2007 (UTC)

AJC.com has an excellent article that actually names some of the people involved in this very poorly run company.

http://www.ajc.com/business/content/business/stories/2007/09/28/netbank_0929.html?cxntlid=homepage_tab_newstab

According to the article, this is the largest banking failure ever in the state of Georgia.

John Bob —Preceding signed but undated comment was added at 21:14, 29 September 2007 (UTC)

Cleaning up
It's time to rewrite this article. I'm in the process of revising the sections to include either the history of the company under the history section or the current activities under the business model section. It doesn't make sense to reference parts of the company that were shut down under the current business model section. Can the bots hold off for a few days while I work on revising? I tried to change the sections around a few weeks ago but the bots kept reverting it automatically. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.22.175.123 (talk) 03:46, 21 September 2007 (UTC)

NetBank closed
Netbank was shutdown today by federal regulators. I deleted the section called Business Strategy and moved relevant content to the History section. I don't think it makes sense to pretend NetBank still has a business strategy as the company no longer is in existance. Please post here if you have questions prior to reverting. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.22.175.123 (talk) 20:32, 28 September 2007 (UTC)

Long time customer's perspective
I have never added any content to wikipedia so I apologize for my ignorance but I wanted to add the below info to make it available to those that have done a great job at documenting this piece of history. I have felt that Netbank was a scam from the beginning and a way to conduct some whitecollar crime that would be under the radar. Hope someone can use the info.

I Lived in Florida and was looking for a bank that was very network friendly, I found CompuBank on the internet. They offered a checking account with interest, no need to keep your checks, they were scanned and the number appeared in blue on your statement, clicking on them allowed you to print out a screen that had both the front and back of the check, they said they would keep the files as long as you were a customer, so this would eliminate record keeping. Free downloads to financial programs and free monthly statements.

Most importantly were the activities on my account...if I drove a couple of blocks and bought something on my debit/credit card using the debit process, by the time I returned home it was posted to my account with all info, if I made the purchase as a credit card there would be a statement POS and the amount, after a day or two at the most, they would show the details. Weekend activity for the most part was handled the same way. Direct deposits would show up sometimes the day before expected or never later than midnight on day expected.

WONDERFUL people to do business with. Then after a year or two, I received a letter in the mail that NetBank was acquiring or buying CompuBank. From that date to last fall every aspect of services started going downhill. I openly accused customer service reps that their company was trying to get rid of customers. My two sons, who also joined CompuBank, all felt the same, Jan/Feb of 2007 I told one of the reps on the phone that I would be very happy the day they went out of business as they were deserving due to their behavior and service.

Just an FYI about the beginning....the business model that compubank had was and would still be a great one, only ongoing problem was the inability to make a local deposit, without a drive. Fairchild dad (talk) 06:52, 15 April 2008 (UTC)

Restored
I restored the NetBank article, reverting the complete wipe by Berels77 (talk). If a new entity now exists under the NetBank name, a new article should be created and a disambiguation page set up. Reference WP:DELETE for more info. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Pjhansen (talk • contribs) 21:57, 1 February 2013 (UTC)