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- From: mbuscho@hpcc01.corp.hp.com (Michelle Buscho)
- Date: Tue, 5 Jan 1993 02:19:59 GMT
- Subject: Re: Interstate Bank/S&L Branching Re: Foreign ATM Fees
- Message-ID: <4090121@hpcc01.corp.hp.com>
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- Newsgroups: misc.consumers
- References: <1993Jan2.190802.11257@netcom.com>
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- >>Does anyone have the scoop on this? For a while (since 1935?) banks
- >>were not allowed to operate in more than one state. Citibank recently
- >>got some authority to operate in different states (California, Texas,
- >>Florida, to name a few) I think in exchange for buying some troubled
- >>S&Ls; is this going to eventually lead to a loosening of the original rules?
-
- I used my Citibank ATM card in Arizona at a Citibank branch without any fees
- charged (as far as I can remember). Some banks, like First Interstate, have
- advertised for years that your accounts are accessible in several western
- states. I had a former co-worker get a cashiers check from First Interstate in
- Oregon before she moved to California (she closed out her account, because she
- wasn't sure if there'd be a convenient branch). When she deposited the check
- at the California branch, they put a 15-day hold on it!
-
- >Citibank in California is actually a federal savings bank, formerly
- >Citicorp Savings...
-
- and before that it was Fidelity Savings and Loan, which Citibank bailed out.
-
- >... Maybe the New York one is better,
- >but the California one is definitely consumer unfriendly -- $6000
- >minimum balance to avoid checking account fees, and low deposit
- >interest as well...
-
- I solve that problem by keeping my IRA there (your qualifying balance can be
- a combination of all of your accounts).
-
- Michelle "original Fidelity Savings customer"
-