ext_66014 ([identity profile] usernamenumber.livejournal.com) wrote in [community profile] davis_square2008-09-13 01:37 pm
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Hello all,

I've looked through the "banking" tag and don't see anything that specifically addresses this, so I'll go ahead and ask: I'm currently with Wainwirght and I like a lot of things about them, but I depend upon a lot of online features that they just don't have, which unfortunately has me considering changing banks. I'd consider switching to a bank that had all of the following:

  • Free billpay that consistently deducts money when the check is cut, not when it is cashed

  • Online statements going back indefinitely (or at least more than a month or two)

  • No charge for transferring between multiple checking accounts

  • A decent online banking interface

  • A branch and ATM somewhere within 5ish miles of the Davis/Porter sq area



Wainwright meets, at least arguably, the last three requirements, but not the first two as far as I've been able to tell.
Does anyone know a bank that meets all these criteria and that they've been happy with in terms of customer service and all that? One that still has the progressive hippie-fu of wainwright would be nice, if such exists.

[identity profile] makoshark.livejournal.com 2008-09-14 01:28 am (UTC)(link)
I don't think you're going to find another bank that has the progressive hippie-fu of Wainwright's locally. I had an account here years before I lived here because they had the best politics of any bank in the country at that time.

[identity profile] veek.livejournal.com 2008-09-14 01:30 am (UTC)(link)
I really wish it had worked for me. But, as linked above, see here. (http://wordsend.org/archives/2008/06/03/long-days-pleasant-nights/) Makes me sad every time I think about it.

[identity profile] concrete.livejournal.com 2008-09-14 03:36 pm (UTC)(link)
Wainwright makes DCU positively pleasant.