UK: Worth upgrading from Money 2000 - 2004

#3 12-02-2003, 01:36 PM

Bob Peel, MVP wrote:

- quote -

> Agree - only Nationwide seems to give you what you want. All the others are
> going down the web based Internet banking, but at least you can download a
> file to update your current account.

True; in practice I just eyeball the web-based statement every couple of
days or so and match the transactions up with what I've entered in
Money. There aren't that many so it's not too onerous a task.

Glenn.

#2 12-02-2003, 09:29 AM

Agree - only Nationwide seems to give you what you want. All the others are
going down the web based Internet banking, but at least you can download a
file to update your current account.

"Glenn Proctor" <proctog[at]mailcity.com> wrote in message
news:1070357083.243260[at]ananke.eclipse.net.uk...
- quote -

> Bob Peel, MVP wrote:
> > Go have a look at
http://www.microsoft.com/uk/homepc/money/default.mspx.
> > This is the main UK Money page.
> Done, thanks.
> > It also lists the Financial institutions that support Money. I don't
> think
> > Barclays do.
> ... as I discovered when I downloaded the trial version of Money 2004.
> For my usage patterns, it doesn't appear to give me much extra except a
> slightly more cluttered user interface.
> What I was after, and what I don't think is supported, is something like
> the old "PC Banking" that I used to do with Money 98 (I think) and
> Barclays in about 1996/7. For those young 'uns, this was as follows:
> Money could be configured to dial Barclays (as in a telephone call to a
> modem in side Barclays, not web banking or anything like that) and
> *automatically* download statements, upload transactions etc. This was a
> great time saver - the whole process only took a few seconds after the
> connection was made.
> When Barclays introduced their Internet banking service, they
> discontinued PC Banking; I imagine it was expensive to support and not
> many people used it. The functionality it provided seems to be akin to
> the "Background Banking" in recent versions of Money - that virtually no
> UK banks support.
> While I'm sure Barclays have their reasons, I'm just disappointed that
> their electronic banking service had more functionality in 1996 than 2004!
> Glenn.

#1 12-02-2003, 08:24 AM

Bob Peel, MVP wrote:

- quote -

> Go have a look at http://www.microsoft.com/uk/homepc/money/default.mspx.
> This is the main UK Money page.

Done, thanks.

- quote -

> It also lists the Financial institutions that support Money. I don't
think
> Barclays do.

.... as I discovered when I downloaded the trial version of Money 2004.
For my usage patterns, it doesn't appear to give me much extra except a
slightly more cluttered user interface.

What I was after, and what I don't think is supported, is something like
the old "PC Banking" that I used to do with Money 98 (I think) and
Barclays in about 1996/7. For those young 'uns, this was as follows:

Money could be configured to dial Barclays (as in a telephone call to a
modem in side Barclays, not web banking or anything like that) and
*automatically* download statements, upload transactions etc. This was a
great time saver - the whole process only took a few seconds after the
connection was made.

When Barclays introduced their Internet banking service, they
discontinued PC Banking; I imagine it was expensive to support and not
many people used it. The functionality it provided seems to be akin to
the "Background Banking" in recent versions of Money - that virtually no
UK banks support.

While I'm sure Barclays have their reasons, I'm just disappointed that
their electronic banking service had more functionality in 1996 than 2004!

Glenn.

12-02-2003, 05:46 AM

Go have a look at http://www.microsoft.com/uk/homepc/money/default.mspx.
This is the main UK Money page.

It also lists the Financial institutions that support Money. I don't think
Barclays do.

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Bob Peel,
Microsoft MVP - Money

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"Glenn Proctor" <proctog[at]mailcity.com> wrote in message
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- quote -

> Hi
> I'm a long time user of Money 2000, and I'm wondering if it's worth
> upgrading to Money 2004. I found a page on the MS site that listed
> comparisons between 2002-> 2004, but it was US-centric.
> The main thing I'd like to be able to do is automatically reconcile my
> Money file with my bank (Barclays in the UK). Is this possible with
> Money 2004? What other improvements have there been that people use?
> TIA
> Glenn.

#-1 12-01-2003, 06:13 PM

Hi

I'm a long time user of Money 2000, and I'm wondering if it's worth
upgrading to Money 2004. I found a page on the MS site that listed
comparisons between 2002-> 2004, but it was US-centric.

The main thing I'd like to be able to do is automatically reconcile my
Money file with my bank (Barclays in the UK). Is this possible with
Money 2004? What other improvements have there been that people use?

TIA

Glenn.

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