Re:The $42B Question: Why Aren’t Americans Ditching Big Banks?
by derbOac on Thursday December 08, 2022 @03:14PM
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This has me asking myself "why aren't I ditching a big bank?"
I have accounts with multiple financial services companies including a local credit union and a large bank, among others.
I did prefer the credit union in terms of many of the rates etc and customer service.
However, the transferability across states and countries is a no-contest with the big bank. We moved out of state and the transition with the big bank was invisible; with the credit union (who we still have an account with) it would be really difficult to maintain day-to-day use. Even when we lived in the same area as the credit union, things like debit/credit card fees and whatnot were not comparable between the two.
So both have their perks; they're just structured differently.
I have accounts with multiple financial services companies including a local credit union and a large bank, among others.
I did prefer the credit union in terms of many of the rates etc and customer service.
However, the transferability across states and countries is a no-contest with the big bank. We moved out of state and the transition with the big bank was invisible; with the credit union (who we still have an account with) it would be really difficult to maintain day-to-day use. Even when we lived in the same area as the credit union, things like debit/credit card fees and whatnot were not comparable between the two.
So both have their perks; they're just structured differently.