New Bank

One of the things on the list to do for Sarah before she leaves for school is to find a new bank.  We are members of a local credit union, and she was unable to get a checking account/debit card because we had planned to have her apply for a scholarship from it.  As a condition, she had to keep her money in a savings account.  But now that she is leaving for school, I wanted her to get a debit card and not have to pay the ATM fees associated with withdrawing your money.  So I thought that was going to mean finding a bigger bank with a local branch where we could set up her account and then when she needed money she could go to a branch in La Crosse and not have to pay the ATM fee.  To my surprise, when Kris took her in to close her account, they told her she didn’t need to.  That she could get money at any credit union without paying the ATM charge, regardless of it were a Guardian Credit Union or not.  Well that was an unexpected surprise.  So now we don’t have to worry about closing accounts and opening accounts.  We were able to convert her account, and now she has a debit card she can take with her.  One less thing to worry about as moving day gets closer.