Where is GMACbank.com What happened to it?
I tried to logon this morning to check my account and got an SSL security warning. This raise red flags for me because I’ve never had a problem with their site before. I then went to GMACbank.com and it said “Page not found”.
I looked it up and it turns out GMACbank has now changed their name to AllyBank. It would be nice if GMACbank.com forwarded you right to allybank.com. Instead I had a panic attack.
The reason for the name change is to disassociate them form GM, who is known to be hurting these days. When asked about the name change, chief marketing officer Sanjay Gupta said, “Ally conveys the sense of a trusted partner, the attributes we are trying to convey.”
Here is a WSJ article more about the Bank’s new name: GMAC Will Change the Name of Its Bank
Fri, May 15, 2009
General, Personal Finance, Savings/MMA