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(Credit card: pennfed)
(Credit card: capitalone)
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*Absolutely no fees – ''including cash advances'' (though APR is still charged, obv)
 
*Absolutely no fees – ''including cash advances'' (though APR is still charged, obv)
 
*Membership requires enrollment in [http://www.militaryfamily.org/participate/join/civilian-family/ National Military Asscn] for $20
 
*Membership requires enrollment in [http://www.militaryfamily.org/participate/join/civilian-family/ National Military Asscn] for $20
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*[http://www.capitalone.com/creditcards/products/compare/?linkid=WWW_0608_CARD_TGUNS13_CP28960EW_H1_03_T_CCPCP CapitalOne]
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**Endless array of seemingly undifferentiated choices
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**Probably small line of credit
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**No info on foreign transaction fees, but presumed 0%

Revision as of 03:47, 5 July 2010

Checking acct w/debit card

  • E*TRADE Standard checking
    • Unlimited Debit card and check transactions
    • Free unlimited online bill pay
    • Free initial checkbook
    • No fee for ATM use
    • 1% fee of the transaction amount (including credits and reversals) for non-U.S. currency and foreign transactions – need to call and ask: POS purchases only, or ATM withdrawals as well?
  • TruMark
    • $1.50 per ATM withdrawal (out of network); 1% transaction fee is charged to the Credit VISA but nothing is stated about the debit kind
  • Lockheed
    • $1.50 per ATM withdrawal (out of network); 1% transaction fee

Credit card

  • Schwab
    • Used to have a card with some rewards and 0 fees on international transactions. No longer offered online; need to check in local office.
  • PenFed
  • Absolutely no fees – including cash advances (though APR is still charged, obv)
  • Membership requires enrollment in National Military Asscn for $20
  • CapitalOne
    • Endless array of seemingly undifferentiated choices
    • Probably small line of credit
    • No info on foreign transaction fees, but presumed 0%