07-11-2011, 01:38 PM
When I wanted to find a new local bank with free checking I used Google.
Banks near [zip code]
(Without the brackets.)
It gave me a simple list with links to the banks' web sites and a "more results" link to a Google Maps page that showed their locations.
From there, it was pretty easy to eliminate the big national and regional banks via name-recognition and to poke through the sites for the remaining couple of banks to see which one(s) had free checking and were conveniently located.
Banks near [zip code]
(Without the brackets.)
It gave me a simple list with links to the banks' web sites and a "more results" link to a Google Maps page that showed their locations.
From there, it was pretty easy to eliminate the big national and regional banks via name-recognition and to poke through the sites for the remaining couple of banks to see which one(s) had free checking and were conveniently located.