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• 1 SK // Oct 19, 2004 at 5:24 pm

  Rachelle,
  I would highly recommend moving from Citibank. They charge for a lot of services that other institutions provide for free.

  I personally bank at Charter One.. lots of free stuff…free checks for life and an ATM at every White Hen…

• 2 tr // Oct 20, 2004 at 8:22 am

  Citibank is horrible. I would recommend Washington Mutual…they’re everywhere!

• 3 Chris // Oct 20, 2004 at 9:58 am

  Bank One - which is now JPMorgan Chase. You’ll be covered in Chicago and New York. What more could you ask for. Screw Citibank, Charter One, and WaMu.

• 4 Bean // Oct 20, 2004 at 10:54 am

  BankOne also has a special right now that if you open a qualifiying checking account you either get $50 deposited in your account OR a $125 gift card to Target.

  Yay free money!

• 5 Benjy // Oct 20, 2004 at 11:02 am

  I just switched from BankOne to LaSalle. BankOne has a few more ATM’s/Branches but they’re both pretty ubiquitous around the city.

• 6 PopulistChrisM // Oct 20, 2004 at 12:17 pm

  Find a medium sized local bank, that is my advice. Dont help the cause of Global MegaBanks Inc.

  PS Go Bob LaFollette, er I mean John Kerry!

• 7 Danny Howard // Oct 20, 2004 at 12:36 pm

  I like Washington Mutual, who is new to the area:
  - No fees.
  - No ATM fees to people from other banks. (The right way, imo.)
  - Free online bill-pay for IL accounts.
  - The staff have always been friendly and helpful.

  Their locations seem to target the yuppier parts of town. Which is fine by me, because I usually hang out in those areas.

  I used them in CA as well. I have always been happy with WaMu, though in the early days their online banking was a touch crappy.

  -danny

• 8 Giao // Oct 20, 2004 at 12:49 pm

  I use Bank One and have found them pretty reliable and convenient (plus all those freebie specials they run as mentioned above).

• 9 Olga // Oct 22, 2004 at 11:37 am

  I’d say bankone also, I used to work at LaSalle and know you can get hit with tons of fees if you are not careful, (read small print)! LaSalle is pretty limited on ATM’s. Bank One just find a Walgreens or Dominicks and you’re covered.

• 10 Jen // Mar 22, 2006 at 4:29 pm

  i’d avoid washington mutual at all costs. while they’re all over the place and have friendly staff, the bank cares only about gobbling up other banks for its own profit. after they refused to investigate a stolen check of mine that was cashed at a CA branch, i’ve closed all of my accounts with them, filed a police report, kissed several thousand dollars goodbye, and am going to put the remainder of my money in a bank that’s in the business of protecting its customers’ money rather than its own…

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