Banks drive customers to Credit Unions

[JoeH]

freeradical wrote:
[quote=kap]
I think the reason why many didn't and still don't want to join a CU due to lack of available ATM machines and and so few branches.

My Credit Union is a member of a Co-Op, so I have surcharge free access to 28,000 ATM's nation wide. I can even make deposits at many of them.

http://www.co-opfs.org/public/locators/a.../index.cfm
Looks like my CU, and others in this area, are not members of that particular coop. But mine is a member of the SUM ATM network, http://www.sum-atm.com/. It started in the Northeast, but is spreading to other states. Member institutions include CU's and many small to medium size local banks. Enough ATM's are available that it has been a long time since I paid an ATM surchage fee to make a withdrawal.