dckozak

I used Charles Schwab for years as my primary account. Good deal if you don't need local (branch) help regularly. ATM deal is great but others offer something similar, need to ask around. I believe they will pay up to $10 per month in other banks fees (rebated after the transaction goes though). If you plan well, most (international) ATM's for real banks (not the for profit ATM's that are becoming more common in the US and starting to see in airports and train stations overseas) are free, any bank will work, even the big US banks that pass along all charges.