Meanwhile, we’d love to hear about your banking experience and what you’re looking for in a bank. I’d also love to chat with you about your piano playing, as I’m a (beginning) piano player myself. And I have to say, we’re all amazed at how consistent you are: did you know that you leave your house at the exact same time, every morning (except Sundays)? No one here believed me until I showed them the video. One more thing: that shirt doesn’t really go with those pants. You might try it with those jeans you picked up at the second hand store last Thursday – you look *great* in those.

Am I being paranoid, or is that taking things a bit too far?

(just kidding, in case that wasn’t clear… )

This email is good evidence that these guys are sincere about delivering on their promises. I want this bank to open up as soon as possible, I am ready.

I like how you call the personal response a “completely genuine [gimick]“.

Disclaimer: I’m advising another ‘new bank’ in stealth mode.

“Meanwhile, we’d love to hear about your banking experience and what you’re looking for in a bank. Given your experience, I’d also love to chat about development.”

I’m a developer. That’s pretty damn cool. It’s so small, but it means so much to me now.

I wouldn’t blame you at all for using Rapportive etc. The reason I jumped to that conclusion is because that is a simple hack to get to relevant info.

The fact you are actually just Googling us is pretty cool

EDIT: sorry for the comment problems ppl. They are coming through just throwing errors… I moved to a new host a few weeks back and there are still outstanding issues

While some people might find it creepy, we simply Google you. If we find something worth asking you about, we try to.

The way we see it, you’ve taken the time to learn about us, so the very least we can do is learn a little about you.

It takes quite some time to launch what we are launching. While we are waiting for a few regulatory partnerships to be locked down, we can’t think of anything better to do than have real conversations with prospective customers.

A new online bank is kinda scary. Banks certainly don’t have a good reputation right now. And deservedly so; they treat customers as deposit vehicles, rather than as people. We see the only route to success is via using technology to help us have a more fruitful and human connection with our customers.

Conversations are just the starting point. Just wait till you see what we’ve built!