Coming Soon, Smartphone-Based Banking

An anonymous reader writes "Banks will be offering a new service at the end of the year that will let customers take a photo of a paper check and have it be deposited in their bank accounts, making the smartphone one step closer to an ATM."

And this will be called...

[hilldog]

Chexting? ;-)

Re:DUPE

[sakdoctor]

The system still has bugs.

I took a photo of my ass crack using my phone, and the next day I had and extra $10,000 in my account.

Checks?!

[while(true)]

You americans are funny!

People still use cheques?

[Anonymous Coward]

Please me excuse me while I laugh all the way to the bank...

Re:DUPE

[Anonymous Coward]

Slashdot has "financially successful editors" like McDonald's has "financially successful cooks".

Re:DUPE

[mjwx]

Mod parent up, I'm on usaa and I've been depositing my checks using my iphone and now my android phone for about a year now.

People are still using cheques, how quaint. I haven't seen one in years.

Do fax me your reply, I'll send something back via telegraph or the fastest Royal Mail steamer.