Banks
Banking Options
WePay
- Used by Occupy for flexibility and convenience
- Frontend to Bancorp
Community Trust (Self-help CU)
- Formerly People’s Community Partnership Federal Credit Union of West Oakland
- A couple horrible Yelp reviews
- gives second chances to people with bad CHEX records and also microloans (social warm fuzzy)
- No minimum checking; free for accounts with at least $300 (otherwise $3) or direct deposit (can we make somebody's dues look like that?); interest at $1000+
Patelco
Mechanics Bank
- Non credit union, but local, fairly well reviewed & they donate locally
Cooperative Center Federal Credit Union
- Co-op credit union based in Berkeley