Banking

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Hello Davis!

I graduated from college (yesterday!), have a job lined up, and tonight will be the first night I spend in my new apartment. Exciting times! I'm moving to the Davis area from Waltham, so I'm not yet very familiar with my new home. My question is, where do you do your banking? I use Bank of America right now, and I know there's a BoA right in Davis Sq. 'cause I've used their ATM, but I'm ignorant of the other options. I'm thinking of switching banks, and proximity of ATMs/banks to my home and work is a big part of the decision. Any thoughts? (I'll be living just outside Teele Sq.)

Thanks in advance.

Comments

BoA

[four-thorns.livejournal.com]

I'll second spud's comment. I have an account with sovereign (it was originally with shawmut bank, then fleet, then fleet gave my account to sovereign), and they're ok for boston, but nothing special.

then i had to move to arizona, and the deal that worked out best for me here was bank of america. while i'm not generally a "yay, big corporations" type of person, i have to say that i've been surprisingly very pleased with BoA... i've gotten great customer service when i call, i never have to write checks anymore because they have a free e-pay service (which you can use to send money to any company or person, as long as you have their address), and they have partnerships with banks in other countries, like mexico, canada, the uk, etc, so when i went to canada i used scotiabank atms with no fees and get the best exchange rate. plus, their atms are everywhere. the only downside is that you have to sign up for direct deposit to get free checking.

so, if you're not going to travel much or you don't have direct deposit, Bank of America's probably not a very good option for you, but otherwise i've actually found them to be great to bank with.