[quote=CA renter}
Yep. Just spent at least an hour this past month fighting new fees at US Bank (former SDNB account got switched over when SDNB failed). They wanted $12.95/month for a checking account! Needless to say, I told her that we would be out of there in the blink of an eye if they tried to charge us to use our money. They reversed the charges, but we will be moving to a credit union after the 180 days are up (to avoid other fees to closing the account too soon!).[/quote]
I have a US Bank checking account too and what I found out through a helpful local branch rep was that if you open up a linked
savings account and schedule an automatic transfer from checking(I do $25 per month and then transfer it back) they will waive their checking account fee.
Also, if your savings account hits 1K they will send you a $50 visa card and if you maintain the 1K for a year, they send you another $50 visa card. I think it is called their START savings program.
So I am going to stick with US bank for at least another year or so.
I think the back offices of these banks are all pretty much the same. For me it all comes down to what the local branch folks can do for you.
