Help people. I wanted to move money from Bank of America to a new bank, but I cant decide which one.

I mostly want to find some sort of high text, maybe online-only bank with a really feature rich mobile app.

I would love to hear suggestions, USA only (my europe account is Bunq which is great).

@freemo Switch to a local credit union, not a mega bank. They have a nationwide network so you can use ATMs without a fee, and many have apps you can use for bill pay and check deposit.
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@rizele I might also go with an account that links closely to investing, charles schwab maybe, not sure....

@freemo Any kind of credit account is another thing to keep separate from savings. Banks are allowed to grab any money from other accounts you have with them to cover debts.

Can't pay a credit card? Poof, there goes the direct deposit from your employer.

@rizele I would never be that irresponsible in the first place. If I take credit, I intend to pay it.

In fact I keep all my credit cards at 0 and get as many as I can just to improve my credit score. I generally use a charge card instead of a credit card too.

@freemo @rizele Okay that's a bad idea, low utilization of available credit will ding you super hard- I've seen a 50 point drop just for underutilizing $800 of credit.

What they want you to do is mostly use your credit cards and then it's fine to balance them out every bill... except that holding a balance and paying on it will build credit better.

I hate credit.

@penny That isnt true at all, not only is it against the official advice, totally contrary to what I see.

The advice is to keep credit utilization below 30% and as low as possible.

I myself have seen my credit go up 50 points simply by bringing my credit utilization to 0 when ti was high. Just recently I also got more credit cards which increased my ceiling by 3x which brought my score up another 26 points (I had near 0 utilization before and after, 3% to be exact).

@penny

I just did some checking to get an exact number. My credit utilization is around 3% where I keep it.. Which explains why I hit an ideal. It would seem most advice suggests the ideal for maximum credit score is from 1% - 10%

wallethub.com/answers/cc/best-.

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