When I walked into the bank a nice gentleman in a gray suit holding a clipboard welcomed me and my first thought was, “Oh no, I’m going to get hit with some kind of survey before I get out of here.”
If you put $5,000 in a Roth IRA at age 19, and never put another dime in, even earning a modest 7%, you would have over $190,000 at age 72. At 9% you’d have half a million.
So A Guy Walks Into A Bank - and hears “Well hello and welcome to the bank! Would you like to open a credit card with us today?” The customer says yes, submits an application, and is rejected. That’s not a very good joke or customer experience.
In response to Bank of America’s recently announced $5 monthly fee for debit card usage, Florida-based Community Bank is doing the reverse — it’s paying customers to bank with them.