Re:The debit card fee driving US banks crazy
by UrMomReadsHN on Tuesday January 27, 2015 @05:06PM
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I've never had a problem getting an actual, real, free checking account. I actually have several. (4 at the moment... don't ask) And 3 of them have free paper checks as well.
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Re:The debit card fee driving US banks crazy
by Someone1234 on Tuesday January 27, 2015 @05:26PM
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Congratulations for you.
I don't see your point? I didn't say it was hard to get a free checking account, I said they make you jump through hoops and open a bunch of related products so they'll waive the $10-15/month fee.
Re:The debit card fee driving US banks crazy
by UrMomReadsHN on Tuesday January 27, 2015 @05:36PM
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>I said they make you jump through hoops and open a bunch of related products so they'll waive the $10-15/month fee.
That hasn't been my personal experience. I've never had to jump through hoops or have a minimum balance.
I'm just sharing my experience which is apparently different from yours.
Oh wait... I had to pay a one time $5 fee to join one of my local credit unions.
Re:The debit card fee driving US banks crazy
by warble on Tuesday January 27, 2015 @06:14PM
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that agrees with my experience. Simple.com for example. Super easy and a great service. No paper checks, but there are others with paper checks. No jumping through hoops.
They don't have brick and mortar offices, but I don't miss it.
A while back I even found someone offering business accounts for free.