BankCreditNewsSurvey: Consumers stress free checking as important feature in bank choiceBankCreditNewsBethpage Federal Credit Union, New York's largest credit union, released a study earlier this month that revealed that consumers increasingly stre…

TCF halts customer attrition with return of free checkingMinneapolis / St. Paul Business Journal (blog)The return of free checking has successfully stemmed customer attrition at TCF Bank, CEO Bill Cooper said on Friday. The bank's parent company, W…

Deposit Accounts (blog)3 Best Places to Find Free Checking AccountsDeposit Accounts (blog)When was the last time you paid a checking account fee? I would guess that many of the regular DA readers are careful to avoid checking account fees like monthly …

Credit Union Study Says Switchers Looking For Truly Free CheckingThe Financial BrandA study commissioned by Bethpage Credit Union reveals that consumers are looking for checking accounts with no hidden fees when choosing where to bank. In a study desig…

Kids and Money: Free checking can be costlyRichmond Times DispatchFree is one of my favorite words — unless it's associated with checking accounts. That's when definitions get a little stretched, to put it mildly. New data on checking account…