This local bank has the highest certificate of deposit rate and highest savings account interest than any other local or national bank, so it's a great choice. However, their website and app are so unsophisticated, lack basic features, and buggy, it's frustrating. There are also not that many branches compared with one of the big national banks.
Their in-branch for-my-security-and-protection verification process took 40 minutes to get a cashier's check despite having a driver's license, multiple forms of ID, SSN, last few transactions, and cell phone verification. Regardless, the service was overall good, but only in a pinch will I go back into a branch for any banking transactions. read more