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There should be a show on TV called “Banking Makover” along the lines of the Home Makeover show.   The premise of the show should be normal everyday struggling Americans being freed from the shackles of big banks and being moved to small community banks and credit unions.   Personally, I’ve begun my own bank make over journey.   Unfortunately it’s going to take at least 30 days if not more to move all of my accounts.   I’ve already sent letters to Bank of American and HSBC advising them of my displeasure with their little cartel and my intention to shut down all my accounts.

I’m in the process of slashing and burning my accounts at Chase but I’ve got so much money and things tethered to those accounts that it is going to take a while to undo but once done, I won’t be going back.   Hopefully, I’ll post an update by the end of the month but to give you a taste, it takes two payroll cycles to move from one bank to another and although I only had a small amount of my paycheck going to Chase, it’s going to take a whole month to unravel that process!

If you’re angry about the bank bailouts, bank bonuses, and the fleecing of the American taxpayer, I would encourage you to move your money to a credit union or community bank.   So far, my credit union has given me a credit card with a low 7% interest rate compared to the ridiculous rates at the big banks.  It’s not a bad deal altogether.    As an added bonus, my credit union offered to move my remaining auto loan over to the credit card.  This will create two bonuses for me:

1. The title to my car will be released to me -- I’ve switched from a secured loan to an unsecured loan.

2. I ended a business relationship with a big bank and will not be paying them any more interest.

Before you fret about paying the credit card interest rate, I don’t plan on paying interest on more than a month or two since I’ll pay that off once all my money has settled after all the moves.