The Excitement Builds as Bank Transfer Day Approaches When Bank Transfer Day was first picked up by the media, the big banks remained unimpressed thinking surely it would be a non-event. “Bank Transfer Day” urges consumers to transfer their accounts from banks to credit unions by Saturday, Nov. 5. Now that hundreds of thousands of

Consumers are being driven in higher numbers to credit union web sites as a result of the recent media and government focus on big bank practices, according to the National Association of Federal Credit Unions (NAFCU) and the Credit Union National Association (CUNA). In the last few weeks consumers are pushing the movement even further

Credit Union “got sick and tired of not fighting back” against the banks. Some credit unions today won’t even mention the word “bank” in any of their marketing materials. Perhaps they’re afraid banks will crack down on them for using banking language as a device to try and steal their customers.  It must be difficult

By Ismat Sarah Mangla, Money Magazine November 24, 2009: 9:59 AM ET Tired of being taken for granted by the people who hold your dough? Here’s what a bank you could love might look like — plus a few that are starting to get the right idea. (Money Magazine) — You might think your bank