Margie and I have been quite pleased with both of the credit unions we've belonged to over the years, so I'm tickled to see that the current turmoil is leading a lot of folks to move away from Big Banks.
If your money is still with BofA, or Chase, or one of the other too-big-to-fails, seriously consider a local credit union or community bank. Your money's still insured, the fees are almost certainly lower, you don't have to worry about an investment arm destroying the institution through derivative gambling, and the service (esp. past the teller window) will almost certainly be more local and more responsive. #ddtb
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650,000 Americans Joined Credit Unions Last Month — More Than In All Of 2010 Combined
One of the tactics the 99 Percenters are using to take back the country from the 1 percent is to move their money from big banks to credit unions, community banks, and other smaller financial unions t…