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650,000 Americans Joined Credit Unions Last Month -- More Than In All Of 2010 Combined

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One of the tactics the 99 Percenters are using to take back the country from the 1 percent is to move their money from big banks to credit unions, community banks, and other smaller financial unions that aren't gambling with our nation's future. Now, the Credit Union National Association (CUNA) reports that a whopping 650,000 Americans have joined credit unions since Sept. 29 -- the date that Bank of America announced it would start charging a $5 monthly debit fee, a move it backed down on this week. To put that in perspective, there were only 600,000 new members for credit unions in all of 2010. 'These results indicate that consumers are clearly making a smarter choice by moving to credit unions where, on average, they will save about $70 a year in fewer or no fees...

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35 years with a credit union by Robert James on Friday, Nov 4, 2011 at 1:46:34 PM
This is wonderful! by Michael Shaw on Friday, Nov 4, 2011 at 1:53:42 PM
I LOVE IT! by Donald on Friday, Nov 4, 2011 at 2:20:18 PM
And... by John Sanchez Jr. on Sunday, Nov 6, 2011 at 7:08:37 AM
My CU vs bank experience by Jerry Kelley on Friday, Nov 4, 2011 at 3:35:36 PM
Yeah! by Bob Gormley on Friday, Nov 4, 2011 at 4:00:21 PM
Yeah Yeah!! by macdon1 on Friday, Nov 4, 2011 at 4:39:03 PM
My Motto by macdon1 on Friday, Nov 4, 2011 at 4:35:47 PM
Credit Unions by Nancy S on Friday, Nov 4, 2011 at 5:55:24 PM
Let's have a contest... by Donald on Friday, Nov 4, 2011 at 7:17:08 PM
Disentangling from BOA by Nancy Lewis on Sunday, Nov 6, 2011 at 5:54:58 AM