Wells Fargo Announces Digital Document Vault

By Afsha Bawany
May 22, 2008

Several online companies such as Google and Microsoft already offer cyberspace document storage. Now, Wells Fargo & Co. is introducing the vSafe, an online storage unit that allows customers to upload materials that can be digitized, such as tax returns, marriage and death certificates, passports, wills and digital pictures.

Everyone has them — ancient files, boxes of records saved for reasons barely remembered and binders filled with important documents that somehow get stacked at the top of the closet shelf or tucked away in a garage. The list of essential personal and financial items one must keep on hand, and in a safe place, grows with one’s fortunes. But there is a way to protect your documents and keep them somewhere safe — the Internet. Several online companies such as Google and Microsoft already offer cyberspace document storage.

Now, Wells Fargo & Co. is introducing the vSafe, an online storage unit that allows customers to upload materials that can be digitized, such as tax returns, marriage and death certificates, passports, wills and digital pictures. The vSafe is accessible from any computer with …

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