BUY BLUE Banks are hard to find! And Bank of America is the WORST.

[cyberpj]

I'm looking around for decent Bank info - (I've maxed my credit union savings account) and haven't found a lot of National choice.

http://www.buyblue.org/directory/36

[marmar]

1. Banks are inherently pro-Repug and evil...

:evilfrown:

[Loonman]

7. Bankers are primarily Jewish...

:evilgrin:

[Dyedinthewoolliberal]

10. And your point is?

eom

[Loonman]

11. I replied to a stupid statement

With a more stupid statement.

[Dyedinthewoolliberal]

16. Ohhhhhhh

now I see! :)

[Cocoa]

2. that organization needs a theme song

buy buy blue
you good consumer you.

:-)

[cyberpj]

17. And some marketing to Dems and Progressives for more exposure. nt

[MsUSA]

3. I never bank at a bank......a credit union is the only company

I'll do business with. :)

[Nutmegger]

5. Amen to that!

I switched to a credit union after I found out that the bank I was sever ly Rethug friendly. So I had to chance to switch to a credit union and I did. I have never looked back since. Credit unions rock!

[Orangepeel]

4. Deutsche Bank North America, North Fork Bank, Alpine Capital Group, Chase

Chase is only 59% blue, but it's probably the only one of the above you can actually bank with.

Table shows the Finance Company, total dollars given
% to Democrats
% to Republicans

http://www.opensecrets.org/industries/contrib.asp?Ind=F03&cycle=2006

1
American Bankers Assn $931,265
34%
66%

2
Bank of America $650,126
42%
58%

3
Citigroup Inc $543,560
44%
56%

4
JP Morgan Chase & Co $476,736
59%
40%

5
Independent Community Bankers of America $475,189
32%
68%

6
Wells Fargo $258,157
41%
59%

7
Wachovia Corp $249,154
15%
85%

8
US Bancorp $149,800
20%
80%

9
Financial Services Roundtable $129,728
38%
62%

10
Jones Management Services $94,200
14%
86%

11
Mellon Financial Corp $91,400
24%
76%

12
First Bank $87,500
29%
71%

13
North Fork Bank $86,000
94%
6%

14
Alpine Capital Group $78,900
100%
0%

15
AmSouth Bancorp $63,400
19%
81%

16
BB&T Corp $63,100
11%
89%

17
Huntington Bancshares $60,200
10%
90%

18
KeyCorp $59,900
13%
87%

19
SunTrust Banks $58,675
14%
86%

20
Deutsche Bank North America $58,405
90%
9%

[cyberpj]

18. Tx for the info. Figures differ between Open Secrets and Buy Blue,

maybe because of period covered for donations.

Do you know... is Deutsche Bank No Am the same bank as ING? I was trying to check out ING when I went to Buy Blue but they didn't have anything on them.

[pitohui]

21. ING is netherlands, not deutscheland (germany)

i would assume they are not the same

does ing even have full banking service? it has saving and lending services but not sure abt checking

[calico1]

6. Is it just a credit card you are looking for?

If so, this one is supposed to be good though I don't have it myself:

http://www.workingassets.com/creditcard.cfm

If you need full service and are looking for something additional to a credit union account, I would look into local, smaller banks rather than national ones.

[annabanana]

12. they are MNBA....... n/t

[cyberpj]

19. Thanks. Local banks are getting difficult to find though. No cc needed,

just savings options.

[FloridaPat]

8. Bank of America is horrible. But I have accounts all over the country

and when I need to move funds, it's done in hours and not weeks like other banks. I am stuck with them.

[OKNancy]

9. I like Bank of America

This is only my experience. As a small businesswoman, they have been super helpful, always courteous and nice to me. I've dealt with mostly female officers too. The online banking is free and top notch as far as safety and software is concerned. They would have to do something really awful for me to change.

I hope my Republican clients don't judge me by my political affiliation. I think they come to me because I am good at what I do. However, I don't shop at Walmart and I'll never by a Dell..lol so I guess I'm a hypocrite. :-)

Good luck on your search.

[noonwitch]

13. Can you find another credit union?

All I can say is avoid 5th/3rd like the plague. They are scum.
I deal with my credit union, and will never have enough money to max out. If I did, I'd probably go with Comerica, just because they have been good to Detroit, for the most part.

[klook]

15. Great minds and all that. (eom)

[cyberpj]

20. Hadn't thought of that - Small state here and most credit unions are

exclusive in membership but I"ll look around. Good thought.

[klook]

14. Can't you join a second credit union?

http://www.creditunionsonline.com/

I've always found credit unions to be much more customer-friendly and they tend to charge lower fees, too.

[AtomicKitten]

22. Wells Fargo bites too. n/t