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Who did you go with after parting ways with them if I may ask?
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I wanna say Nations Bank. Which got bought by WaMu, which got bought by Chase, which borg'd into whatever they call it now. It started good, but you can guess the end result. I've not yet found anything I want to switch to.
My wife uses a credit union for teachers. It's had several names, but it's called Credit Union of Texas now. She's annoyed with them because they took away the interest on the savings accounts because of the beerbug, and they've not reinstated it. She's got a bunch of money sitting there earning jack squat, so we've been talking to investors about moving it.
We tried having an account with Bank of Texas for awhile and kind of liked them. The only problem I had with them is that there wasn't a branch anywhere close to the house and their online banking left much to be desired. This is 20 years ago though, so apply salt as necessary.
There are some smaller banks that I've looked into (State Bank of Texas, Veritex Community, Truist - formerly Sun Trust), but not of them really gave me the warm fuzzy I was looking for.
I think as a general rule, banks and credit unions suck. Finding a good one is tough. And even if you do, it's only one merger away from sucking.
Convenience and a decent website for paying bills online is the only reason I've stayed with Chase.