Even more than in the past, banks and credit unions across America are competing for your business. The newest trends in financial centers are banking incentives programs, which offer customers special deals for opening accounts. Much like the cash-back and reward programs on credit cards, banking incentives programs are geared toward saving you money and ...
Somewhere between six and twelve months ago I accepted an offer for one of Wamu’s pre-approved credit card offers. They had sent me several offers in the mail, and eventually they caught my eye. It opened with a 0% interest rate for the first 12 months on balance transfers, which I quickly planned to use ...
When you don’t have a checking or savings account, it can be difficult to turn your check into cash. Most banks charge a substantial fee for cashing a check when you don’t have an account with that branch, and if the check is from out-of-state, the situation becomes even more difficult. If you don’t have ...
I am writing this article to express my frustration with the process of opening a new personal checking account at Washington Mutual. I selected the online option instead of opening the account by phone or in person because I thought I’d save time and energy. And was I ever wrong! Note: The names of the ...
The thought of saving money seems like a daunting task to some. Other people view the thought of saving as a task that need not be done until “later” in life when you are thinking about retirement. However, saving money is a good habit to start young regardless of whether one wants to end up ...
There was a time when applying and getting a bank account was a long and tedious process. Between stacks of paperwork, numerous and expensive bank fees, minimum deposits and other roadblocks, bank accounts didn’t seem worth the trouble. However with the internet age in full gear, bank account applications can be filled out in a ...
I have worked for four different banks. I worked for The Dime Savings Bank of New York in New Jersey for about two years until they were bought by much larger Washington Mutual Bank, which I worked for for almost two years before joining the Army for four years. When I got out of the ...
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