bigger isn't always better

cord jefferson - with 5.6 million people and counting, the 'move your money' campaign worked

i think this is so awesome, and partly because i also changed banks. i was with wells fargo and now i'm with onewest bank, which isn't the smallest bank, but it's still a lot more personable than wells fargo. it doesn't even have those bulletproof windows separating you from the tellers. and they always have coffee and cookies. :)

i switched from wells fargo for a few reasons, but mostly because they were going to start charging me a fee because i don't have direct deposit or a mortgage payment. i get that banks are business so they do need to make money. but it seems like they are making the most off of the people who can't afford it. tons of people (especially in this economy) can't afford to buy a house. and even if you do have a job, lots of places, including most small businesses, don't offer direct deposit. i also understand that they can / should reward their best customers (people paying loans (cause of the interest), those with lots and money invested...) with higher interest rates and waived fees, but the inverse is that you have the people with less money paying for the services provided for free to those probably have more money. which, duh, seems really unnfair.