For those too lazy to change banks, I too say now is the time. It cost $6200 from my retirement fund for me to realize it's time to move my money.
Seen in an abstract light, we can have no assurance that any new regulations will actually work to prevent a financial crisis or defuse one, so the safer option is to break up the big banks.
Big banks impose much higher costs on their customers than small banks and credit unions do. Moving our money could save us billions of dollars a year.
Groups for and against the current financial reform bills have already conducted their polls, polished their messages and are starting to engage in ad-war skirmishes.
The New Mexico legislature adjourned for the year on Thursday without acting on a bill that would give preference to community banks and credit unions...
Bailouts and bonuses have many Americans frustrated with big banks. Some consumers think these giant institutions have lost touch with customers and b...
It's no revelation that big banks have an image problem these days. And to add proof to what we'd already suspected, a new report from Forrester Resea...
Armed with the old It's A Wonderful Life parable on local banking, MYM has caught the attention of state government officials in New Mexico and Oregon...
"This Valentine's Day, it's time to break up with the big banks." Click below to see the full campaign....
Americans fed up with the lack of financial reform and the behavior of big Wall Street banks are moving their money to smaller community banks and cre...
A bill to move New Mexico's money out of big national banks and into local banks and credit unions has some serious legs in the state's legislature. ...
Tea Party Movement step aside. When it comes to personal finance, people are angry but they can take matters into their own hands by voting with their feet and by switching to a credit union.
Frank Luntz, pollster to the right wing and Wall Street agenda, has written a 17-page memo on how to talk about financial reform in order to destroy it.
The big banks face a choice. They can agree to sensible reforms that protect consumers and rein in the excesses of the past decades. Or they can simply decide to screw customers, but do it openly this time.
Bailout watchdog and middle-class advocate Elizabeth Warren is accusing Wall Street CEOs of abusing the public's trust and is challenging them to step...
When it comes to banking, state and local governments are choosing Wall Street over Main Street. As of the third quarter of 2009 (the latest data ava...
How can these bankers justify awarding themselves bonuses that rival the budgets of some small countries? It's shocking, and more than a slap in the face to those millions of unemployed Americans.
Senator Dodd, don't tarnish your great legacy by having the final act of your distinguished Senatorial career be giving the banks and their Republican allies everything they want.
The Consumer Financial Protection Agency will limit the banks from using our accounts to take the kinds of unethical risks that led to the current crisis, preventing future financial meltdowns.
Among Bank of America's 50 million customers, Pierre Falcone was far from ordinary. An infamous global arms dealer who illegally sold weapons to Angol...
Regulators or non-profit groups should create a bank safety rating system to allow customers to make informed decisions about where to move their money.
As we start down the path of breaking up with the big banks and defending our own economic interests and that of our communities, we should think about the whole range of financial services we use.
Mike Iacuessa learned two things from his recent experience with a Wells Fargo checking account. First thing: It's expensive to be poor. Iacuessa s...
There has been an interesting alignment which has slowly happened over the past year, between two groups not normally in agreement -- inside-the-Beltw...
The issue and candidate-driven focus of independent voters allows them to be pragmatic and flexible. But lacking a firm political ideology, it can also cause them to appear fickle, gullible, and impatient.
