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Column – a chartered bank for developers

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Re: Column – a chartered bank for developers

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> Create account numbers that point to a single bank account and create specific permissions and limits for each one. I love that; there are so many places that give a 6% discount for using ACH but I don't want to give out my bank account details willy-nilly --- If you have influence over it, I wouldn't recommend having https://status.column.com/uptime default to "Sandbox" since I doubt seriously that's what anyone w…

I'm glad you noticed the account numbers as pointers concept - we think its pretty cool. I think there's some rad use cases that people will come up with!

Thanks on the typo...deploying now :0

Re: Column – a chartered bank for developers

#32
post #8

Hey founder (and OP) here. This has been a labor of love for the past few years and I'm super stoked on what we shipped. Would love any and all feedback, thoughts and questions!

No questions. Just wanted to say I got chills when I looked at this at how much potential it had. Very cool. also: The little column icon slide to the top right on login is cool .

Seriously, I'm so happy someone has done this. I would love it if the new saying was 'Column solves this'

Re: Column – a chartered bank for developers

#33

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Do you guys issue physical cards or checks?

We’re an issuing bank and sponsor card programs on Visa & Mastercard. Our partners can offer both physical and virtual cards to users. Checks are currently in beta but please get in touch if we can help! https://dashboard.column.com/contact

Maybe do something fancy like X1 and offer a metal card?

Re: Column – a chartered bank for developers

#35
post #8

Hey founder (and OP) here. This has been a labor of love for the past few years and I'm super stoked on what we shipped. Would love any and all feedback, thoughts and questions!

As someone who knows what goes into something like this, this is truly impressive work. Congrats on the launch.

Re: Column – a chartered bank for developers

#37
post #36

Looks amazing. Would love to have this in the UK.

Check out https://griffin.sh/

Hi! Griffin co-founder and CEO here. Yes, we're building exactly what Column is building but for the UK. Fun fact - Column's CEO is even an investor in us!

Re: Column – a chartered bank for developers

#38
post #2

Hey, I’m an ex-Square that is part of founding engineering team at Column. My team will be monitoring this thread and we’ll be happy to answer any questions! Especially those about ACH, I’m sure you have plenty and we know it through-out!

How much COBOL do you have to write on a daily basis?

Re: Column – a chartered bank for developers

#39
post #8

Hey founder (and OP) here. This has been a labor of love for the past few years and I'm super stoked on what we shipped. Would love any and all feedback, thoughts and questions!

Great stuff. Dealing with the insanity of legacy workarounds a la Plaid has been a consistent nightmare for my company.

>Would love any and all feedback, thoughts and questions!

How about custodial accounts?

Re: Column – a chartered bank for developers

#40
post #2

Hey, I’m an ex-Square that is part of founding engineering team at Column. My team will be monitoring this thread and we’ll be happy to answer any questions! Especially those about ACH, I’m sure you have plenty and we know it through-out!

Off topic: Does founding engineering team mean founders who are also engineers, or does it mean pre-launch engineer hires?
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