ing direct?

[rowan]

So my bank is pulling a crap move and starting to charge a monthly fee unless you make 10 transactions or have a balance of some ungodly high number. I'm pulling money out.

Our thought was to go with ING Direct, but apparently Capital One bought them out in July. Still they give the best interest rate on checking around (apart from the credit union which I am seriously considering, but there are other stipulations there so I have to think about it). Obviously you guys can't comment on the local credit union, but what are your thoughts on ING since the buy-out? Does anyone still have them? (Let's ignore the "pull all money out of the big jerky corporations" for the moment although admittedly that's also on my mind)

[Tookie]

Go for the credit union!

[monk]

if you have the ability to scan stuff (and I'm betting you do or can if you need to) you might want to try First Internet Bank. When I started working for ChaCha they made me get an account with them so I could automatically get paid by direct deposit into a special chacha atm card. But they are a full service bank, they offer free checking, and their customer service has been excellent every time I've used it.

[great girl wonder]

Go for the credit union!

I concur.
Unless you are going to be moving around a lot using a local credit union is amazing.

[Rainbow Dolphins]

YES, credit union. Credit union's service is unparalleled, every big bank will try to fuck you at every opportunity. Also... pull money out of big corporations and invest in your local economy.

[Nachos]

I have an ING account in Holland, so not sure if I can help you...