Credit Unions?

[kengwen]

Anyone want to recommend (or recommend against) a credit union in the bay area? Details appreciated!
I am in love with San Francisco Fire Credit Union, but unfortunately I don't qualify to join them, so looking for someplace else...

Comments

[elusis]

Patelco is great, and all over the Bay Area. You can withdraw/deposit using a whole network of ATMs, including at 7-11s, and I use mobile deposit all the time for checks.

[mamculuna]

I think there's still a Berkeley Coop credit union. I've heard it's excellent.

[bintblue]

Darn--before I finished reading your post I was itching to write FIRE CREDIT UNION! FIRE CREDIT UNION! They are truly the best. If you 'live, work or worship' in SF you qualify.

Anyway, I can also happily recommend the Berkeley Cooperative Federal Credit Union. They are wonderful. Hopefully they will work out for you!
https://www.coopfcu.org/

Good luck. Credit unions rock!

[bintblue]

My comment above was marked as spam...oookay. Not sure why? Hopefully that can be fixed, as it is not spam, and the original poster will see it.

Lame.

[kengwen]

Weird. LJ messaged me that you had commented and showed me your comment in the email (the original one, about loving SF Fire CU), and then this message. I don't know why they thought the first was spam and the second was not!
ETA: and...I was able to mark it "unsuspicious" and bring it back. I think it might be because you included the weblink.

[bintblue]

So odd. Thanks for unspamming me! :)

[crayonbeam]

I've had both good and bad service from Patelco.

I'm with the SF Police Credit Union now. If you're a NERT graduate, you qualify to join.

I cannot say enough about how wonderful they are. My son took his piggy bank there and they counted out his pennies for him. Like, by hand. (Yes, I made sure to go mid-week and not annoy a million other people =)