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by coredog64 3325 days ago
CU member, and I'll mention one downside. Unless your credit union has a local branch, you will need to get used to all kinds of weird restrictions on what your satellite branch can do for you.

I just bought a car, and the satellite branch could only give me $1000 in cash. I had to beg the seller to take a cashier's check for the balance.

Sometimes the systems don't integrate well and so they have a hard time figuring out which account is which.

Finally, even though my spouse is listed as a co-owner of the account, there is very little she can do at a satellite branch (or even over the telephone to the main office).

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Why don't you just close your account your CU and open up an account at the one closest to you? I have no loyalty to my bank. If I move and there's no branches around me, I'll just move to someone else that is local.