Fidelity App now has BillPay, Funds Transfer, & Remote Check Deposit

May 26, 2011 By Jonathan Ping 3 Comments
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Fidelity Investments has just added some handy new features to their Apple iOS and Android OS apps. You can now use their BillPay service, transfer funds between accounts, and deposit checks remotely via camera. Before, you were limited to viewing account holdings and making trades. Competition is good, and I expect all major banks and brokerages to offer these features soon.

Mobile Check Deposit
Basically the same as other apps, you take a picture of the front and back with your smartphone camera. You can deposit only into non-retirement accounts, and the back must be endorsed with the text “For deposit only to Fidelity account #XXXXXX”. The deposit limits vary.

BillPay & Funds Transfer
You can pay bills with your mobile app, either through a regular brokerage account or their mySmart Cash Account (basically their checking account replacement product). Fidelity also allows you to link outside banks to your accounts, so now you can initiate money transfers both within Fidelity and externally on your phone.

Filed Under: Banking, Investing
Last updated: May 26, 2011
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Comments

  1. Bucky says
    May 27, 2011 at 3:10 am

    awesome, thanks for the info! any bank that doesn’t have mobile check deposit is way behind the times!

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  2. Dan says
    May 30, 2011 at 4:47 pm

    Excellent news! I have maintained a small Chase checking account for the convenience of remote deposit, but I would much rather use Fidelity for this since…

    I don’t trust Chase, having heard way too many horror stories about them. I have to keep a minimum balance in my Chase account to avoid fees, whereas my Fidelity cash account has none. Fidelity’s ACH transfers are free, unlike Chase’s.

    So this is a great feature, and it’ll allow me to wave goodbye to Chase.

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  3. geomark says
    January 18, 2012 at 6:39 am

    Can’t install the Fidelity app if you are outside the U.S. Disappointing since I need to deposit a couple of checks that were mailed to me overseas.

    Reply

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