Changing bank accounts?

[cel_disney]

I am hoping you guys can help me with this ... We are changing banks. Today, I called DVC to find out how to switch over our Monthly dues to the new account.

They said that I had to send a FAX to them with the voided check and my member number. Is there a way to do this with my iPhone - via a text or email or something? I can't quite fathom that I have to find a fax machine to do this?

 

[MrsToad]

I think they are concerned about the safety of your checking account number; it can be safer to send this via fax than over unsecured email or text. My bank stresses the importance of not including any account numbers in any emails to their representatives, or anywhere else for that matter.

 

[cel_disney]

I think they are concerned about the safety of your checking account number; it can be safer to send this via fax than over unsecured email or text. My bank stresses the importance of not including any account numbers in any emails to their representatives, or anywhere else for that matter.

Sure - but member accounting is telling me that it can be faxed from an iPhone or iPad - so how is that being done.

I'm having a hard time believing that providing my account number to them via my landline phone call would be any less secure than sending a fax to a random phone number without knowing who is on the other side.

 

[BillPA]

Just stop by the new bank, bring your DVC member number, they should be happy to fax the info for you.

 

[cel_disney]

I'm looking for a solution that I can do from my house or at work....no way am I going into the bank!

Do people just send the image as a text message? Same phone line security...

This could be what puts me over the edge to start churning gift cards for dues...​

 

[miTnosnhoJ]

Sure - but member accounting is telling me that it can be faxed from an iPhone or iPad - so how is that being done.

If you go to the Apple APP Store and search on the word fax, you will find many different apps that can do this for you. They basically have you take a picture of the document with your phone and then send it as a fax. You can also receive faxes this way.

Another way... If you have a scanner at home, it may be part of a multifunction printer that prints, scans and faxes. You can just plug this printer into your phone line and send a fax.

And if this is the only time you will send a fax all year, I agree with BillPA. Enlist your new bank in sending the fax.

Also, A UPS store or quick copy center will send your fax for you for a small charge.

Faxes seem to be terribly old technology these days when you can send an exact replica of the document through scanning and emailing. But the fax contains a paper trail of the date and phone number from where it was sent.
Also, there is a lot of case law on using faxes as a legal document. Maybe it will take a while for the more modern methods to catch up.

 

[Madame]

There are online fax services that are free as well. Just upload a scanned image or pic.