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Bank extends electronic notifications to more account types.
WELLS FARGO will provide its customers with free account alerts via e-mail that are triggered by activity originating from several different account types. "We've had e-mail alerts for quite some time related to billpay, brokerage and mortgage accounts," explains Jim Smith, the San Francisco-based bank's executive vice president, consumer Internet products. "But this is our first foray into detailed, account-based alerts around deposit and credit card accounts."
The alerts can notify customers when they have reached account balance thresholds, provide warnings about an excessive number of incorrect log-in attempts, or send a reminder on impending IRA funding...