[ajdlinux]

The way I read it, it takes 45 minutes to drive to her old bank branch, whereas the nearby Walmart is much closer.

[tedmiston]

Another reasoning for joining a credit union — being able to deposit and withdraw from any nearby credit union whether it's your own or not for no fee.

[briandear]

Assuming there is a credit union nearby. The point of that snippet seemed to be that Wal Mart was much more convenient than a bank.

[tedmiston]

Well not much more convenient than one particular branch of one particular bank, yeah, but I don't think that cashing a check for free is something that other banks do for non-members (compared to credit unions).