An important milestone happened on Monday – the US Supreme court made a rulling that will effect States ability to regulate Federally chartered banks, like Chase. The moral of this story is it may be time to start complaining to your State’s Attorey General and Department of Consumer Affairs.
A look at reasons for joining a credit union instead of a bank.
Old WaMu free checking overdraft commercial reminds us of something that never really existed – WaMu waiving an overdraft.
It may not work, but you must admire this blogger for trying to get help against Chase for raising his minimum required payment by contacting his states Attorney General and Senator.
Chase is claiming to have approved 138,000 trial mortgage modifications since April 9th. This sounds like a lot but will someone explain to me what a trial modifications is? (article)
This heartbreaking story seems to confirm WaMu/Chase’s ranking as least helpful with loan modifications.
Apparently transitioning account from WaMu to Chase is not going smoothly. (story) Here is some of what is happening:
– Link to savings for overdraft protection disabled
– Bills set to auto-pay not going through
– Debit card stops working before new one arrives
– Deposited funds availability takes longer
More lawsuits have been filed against Chase for suspending HELOC (home equity) accounts. (story) This is good news as it puts pressure on Chase to start behaving reasonably.