A. B. Watley.com
Trade securities through its Ultimate Trader and Watley Trader products
American Express Financial Direct
Online brokerage with news, research and online banking,
money-market accounts, CDs and interest checking
Ameritrade
Online trading with free real-time quotes and e-mail notification of trades; broker assistance
available
Askmerrill.com
Free equity-research reports, market quotes and news from Merrill Lynch
Bank One
An online bank with checking and savings accounts, home loans, credit cards, insurance and investing
Bank of America
Online banking and investing; account balances available on Yahoo
Bidwell &Co.
A discount broker with online and Touch-Tone trading, as well as investment seminars and
retirement planning
Charles Schwab
An online brokerage with research and planning tools, access to IPOs, online bill paying,
retirement planning and more
Chase
Money transfers, bill paying, account information online
Citibank
Pay bills, transfer funds and view account activity; information about credit cards, loans, bank
products and investments
Commerce online
Online banking, trading and quotes; transfer money between trading and bank accounts,
pay bills electronically, review account info and reorder checks
Compubank
Internet-only bank with free checking and bill paying, online statements and four ATM-fee
reimbursements per month
Credit411.com
Access and protect your own credit report
Datek.com
Online trading with charts, news and research; extended trading hours available
The Dines Letter
A financial newsletter with explicit advice on stocks, metals, international markets and
more
Discover Brokerage
A Morgan Stanley Dean Witter company offering trading in stocks, options, bonds and mutual
funds, as well as selected IPOs; extended-hours trading available
DLJdirect
Trade stocks, follow the market, analyze stocks with access to tons of research and monitor your
portfolio
Escrow.com
A tool for e-commerce transactions that holds payment in an escrow account until the buyer verifies
receiving and accepting the merchandise
E*Trade
Trading (including after hours), research, discussion and financial services
Fidelity Investments
Online trading, news and stock quotes, investment research and retirement planning
Firstrade
Online trading with real-time quotes, stock and mutual-fund screening tools
First Union
A full range of personal banking services, including the option to view and pay bills online
4freequotes.com
Request rates from many kinds of insurance companies: auto, flood, home, renterΥs and
others; copies of motor-vehicle-driving report available
Freeman Welwood
Online trading with real-time quotes, news, charts, a mutual-fund supermarket, and stock
and mutual-fund screening tools
Garage.com
A site that matches up investors with entrepreneurs looking for funding; also has start-up-related
resources and news
GE Financial AssuraNce
Mutual funds; life, long-term-care, auto and supplemental health insurance
are among the products offered
GEICO Insurance
Get a free rate quote from this insurance seller and then arrange coverage
Huntington Bank Online
Internet banking, investing, insurance and business services
Insuremarket
Presented by Quicken.com, this site gives insurance quotes for life, auto, home, disability,
long-term care and small business; lets you transfer basic personal information across appl ications; displays all participating insurance-company logos on its home page
Insweb.com
Shop for insurance in the categories of life, auto, home, condominium, renterΥs and home warranty;
much educational material on site
Lendingtree.com
An online center at which you receive competing offers for mortgage, home-equity, auto and
personal loans
Mastercard
Apply for corporate, consumer and small-business cards; access cardholder services such as
emergency assistance, ATM locator and credit tips
Morningstar
Morningstar provides data on more than 10,000 mutual funds, 8,000 stocks and 5,000
variable-insurance accounts
Muriel Siebert & Co.
Discount broker and mutual-fund supermarket; site includes IPO and mortgage centers
My Discount Broker
Buy and trade in stocks, bonds, mutual funds, CDs, retirement accounts and more,
with interactive charts and SEC reports
National Discount Brokers
Online trading and research; personal-finance center for checking, money-market and
retirement accountsΡand the classic mallard insignia
Net.com
An online bank with interest checking, online bill payment, mortgage and loan centers and investment
services
Nextcard
A Visa card that allows users to manage their account entirely online, including the application;
design your own card
Online Trading Acadamy
Site teaches the ins and outs of day trading; in addition to information
provided, the academy has an online store for books and videos, and holds classes and seminars at its Irvine, Calif., campus
Shipping $5 per item
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Openipo.com
A site from W.R. Hambrecht that promises to level the IPO playing field by letting average
investors bid on IPOs in a Dutch-auction format
Progressive Insurance
Many options for auto insurance; existing customers can review their account
information
Prudential
The full range of financial services, including insurance, investments and brokerage, banking and
real estate
Quick & Reilly
Online trading with extensive research; offers QuickWayNet for experienced investors
and Q&R Online service for others
Quote.com
Free securities research, quotes, charts and financial news
Quotesmith.com
Instant insurance quotes from more than 300 companies. Types of insurance covered include
life, auto, motorcycle and dental
Salem Five Cents Saviings Bank
Online banking with electronic bill payment and transaction history searches;
apply for instant approval of consumer loans
Salomon Smith Barney
Clients can trade in extended hours, do financial research and consider a full
range of financial products and services
Security First Network Bank
An Internet-only bank with savings and interest checking accounts, CDs, money markets
and credit cards
Suretrade.com
Trade equities, options, bonds, Treasury bills and mutual funds; also has research, quotes,
charts and news
Telebank Online
The home page for this virtual bank boasts top rates for money markets, CDs and checking
accounts, as well as automatic bill payment
Thompson Investors Network
Analyst center contains research and industry reports from more than 200
contributors; access to those reports and to its widely used First Call Reports is subscription based, but the site has some free research reports available as well
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US Access Bank
The Internet-banking division of the Central Bank USA offers full deposit and credit
services and free bill payment
Wang Investment Associates
A discount broker with integrated quotes, charts and news; features a special
section for Chinese speakers
Waterhouse Securities
A range of brokerage, banking and mutual-fund products and services
Web Street Securities
Online trading with a "trading pit" that puts headlines, quotes,
real-time balances and trading tools on one screen
Wells Fargo
Personal banking and investing, as well as accounts for small businesses
WingspanBank.com
Internet-only bank whose services include loans, insurance and investments, as well as
credit cards and online checking
Wit Capital
Internet investment-banking firm that gives investors access to selected IPOs, venture-capital
and institutional-style trading
Zacks
Free research available on stocks and mutual funds; includes a tally of broker recommendations