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Re:Walmart's effort to get customers to build up their savin... by Spoom on Tuesday May 09, 2017 @11:23AM (#14300784)
If at all possible, people in this sort of situation would be much better served by joining a credit union.

I was under the impression that most people using these cards were using them because:

a) They distrusted banks because of a prior history of being screwed by them, or

b) They were unbankable because of a ChexSystems report preventing them from being able to open a traditional bank account.

Is this not the case?

Re:Walmart's effort to get customers to build up their savin... by nradov on Tuesday May 09, 2017 @11:47AM (#14300998)
Regarding point "a", credit unions are specifically not banks. They have a separate legal structure.
Re:Walmart's effort to get customers to build up their savin... by Spoom on Tuesday May 09, 2017 @04:35PM (#14303580)
I very much doubt that the people affected by point "a" above would consider them different.