Totally Free Checking Account in Alive and Well in Greater Sacramento California
First Northern Bank, founded in 1910 in Dixon, California, continues offering Totally Free Checking to its customers in the surrounding …
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William Galvin to banks: Offer free basic checking or give up state and local deposits
Secretary of State William F. Galvin vowed to press Bank of America and other big banks in Massachusetts to offer …
The History and Evolution of the Free Checking Account
I’ll start by setting the record straight on the origin of the free checking account. It wasn’t created by a banker. It was created in 1982 by a team of experts working at a small direct mail agency located in Lincoln, Nebraska.
It was one of seven unique checking accounts that were combined with a free gift and marketed as a complete turnkey marketing program under the name of Totally Free Checking and a Free Gift Too!
Over 4 Million Move Their Accounts From Wall Street Banks in 2010
More than 4 million accounts have already moved away from the nation’s largest banks and this trend will only increase …
Another Erroneous Media Article on the Death of Free Checking
Once again, a financial writer for a local newspaper fails to do his research on the future of free checking …