Opening a joint THRiVE account | Tangerine Bank | Discussion forum

I've opened a joint account with 3 financial institutions. In all 3 cases we already had separate accounts at the respective institutions, and neither of us have any special demands or requirements. The experience with the first, which shall remain unnamed, was so bad that we closed the account the following week. The second had a lot of paperwork to go through and seemed a bit more complicated than necessary, but was a relatively painless experience.

Opening a joint account with ING Direct was shockingly fast and easy. The process took about 5 minutes or less and was done completely online. The forms were clear, and the new account interacts seamlessly with our other ING accounts. The first batch of cheques have already been ordered. There's something about the simplicity of ING Direct: it's straightforward and it just works. That somehow keeps me there in spite of their middle-of-the-road rates. (Of course, with the THRiVE chequing account, the interest rate is not as important as it is with a savings account or GIC.)