Released: June 29, 2008

The safe deposit box goes online

Source: Anne Kates Smith, Kiplinger's [Washington Post] (Free Registration)

Say somebody steals your wallet while you’re traveling. Wouldn’t it be convenient to recover copies of crucial credit card information and other documents from any computer, anywhere?

How about accessing a record of your will, trust documents, medical or tax records - even family photos, favorite songs and the video of your daughter’s first dance recital - in the event of a house fire or other disaster?

Starting this summer, Wells Fargo customers can lock away copies of such treasures in the vSafe, a virtual safe-deposit box. A virtual copy isn’t a legal document, but it sure can help reconstitute one that’s lost or destroyed.

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