Bank of America to gun company: Find another bank

[D3vo]

It was Regions policy that got its locations posted. Is this BOA's policy or one executive on a crusade?

http://dailycaller.com/2012/04/20/anti-gun-bank-of-america-tells-gun-company-to-find-another-bank/

The story has been posted on a number of gun friendly sites.

[TripleDigitRide]

That's interesting. I'd like to hear BOA's side of the story. I've been thinking real hard about closing my BOA accounts anyway.

[1pointofview]

I will follow this pretty closely. BOA a few years ago was contributing to acorn and I sent them an email asking them to stop. they sent back a canned response. I have been 100% happy with BOA and their online services are great. but I am at the point that companies are allowing political pressure to get in the way of servicing customers. So I would like to know the context behind this story. if it turns out that they denied this company service purely because they build gun/parts then it is no different than back in the day businesses denying someone service because of race or nationality.

If this is the case, i will be looking for a new bank and I will let the bank know exactly why I left

[Guest Scramasax]

BOA is one of the worst banks to do business with. They are right up there with all of the practices that I disagree. Support the IA give them access to banking that they will not offer to legals.

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[Mark@Sea]

This is at least the third time this particular issue has come up in the last five years. They tried this last year with another gun parts company. You know the old saying - First time, an accident. Second time, coincidence. Third time is enemy action.

We left BoA 5 years ago - the first time they pulled this crap. Our local credit union has better rates, MUCH better service, and better access.

[subsonic]

I've hated BofA since 1976. When my mother passed away, she had a checking account with them, me as a cosigner. It had an appreciable amount of money in it, which I promptly withdrew. A few years back, they were opening accounts and making loans to lillegals without SSN's. Hope they crash and burn.

[Guest RobThatsMe]

I stopped doing business with them years ago when they made the news about providing illiegals with credit cards.

[Dolomite_supafly]

I stopped doing business with them this month over their business practices.

Dolomite

[mikegideon]

I bank with Suntrust. I have one BOA credit card. They have built AR-15's, and all kinds of other evil with that thing. I have other cards, but may just keep messing up their karma with the BOA card.

[1gewehr]

I am in the process of ending my BoA accounts. Not an easy thing to do. I'm looking for a local bank that didn't take any Federal money during the bailouts or stimulus. There are several good candidates.

[Defender]

I am in the process of ending my BoA accounts. Not an easy thing to do. I'm looking for a local bank that didn't take any Federal money during the bailouts or stimulus. There are several good candidates.

Please ahre what you decide on..I am also disappointed with BoA.

[tyrantrave]

What bank do you guys recommend?

Edited April 21, 2012 by tyrantrave

[1pointofview]

Doesn't farmers have a bank? They are a good company. Would consider them

[StPatrick]

I've had good experiences with Avenue Bank (note: I have family and friends who work for or have worked for them). The branches are posted, but I know of at least one Class III mfg. who banks with them. I just like that they refund ATM charges, mostly.

[Guest ArmyVeteran37214]

I got rid of Bank of America in January and went with US Bank instead.

[Guest Scwrod]

I have been happy with USbank. There are a some farmers banks here in sumner and Robertson county. They are great also and have the personal touch. just not a lot of branches.

[hornett22]

I still to this day cannot figure out why ANYONE would bank with them.

[TripleDigitRide]

I still to this day cannot figure out why ANYONE would bank with them.

I've stayed with them because they are convenient and have been trouble-free. But this was the last straw for me.

[f3joel]

Old Hickory Credit Union has been completely hassle free for me.

[Ebow1]

I used to have Regions, and had been meaning to get rid of them ever since they started posting. I just never got around to it because I always used my debit card and I was gassing up so frequently delivering pizzas that I constantly had transactions pending. I took a delivery to a manager at the regions on the corner of Charlotte and 51st. No tip. I had the next 3 days off in a row. I made sure to not use my card at all for the next two days, went in on the third, and closed my account and moved to Suntrust.

[SonnyCrockett]

worst place you could possibly keep your money is BoA...

as a biz owner you do not want anything to do with them,they are un ethical,they support ilegals ,they have fees out the

yingyang and they are not SOLVENT.......Timebomb IMO.......smaller banks or credit unions way to go

[Guest mikedwood]

I can't boycott them or move accounts because I have never even set foot in or wanted to set foot in a BOA branch.

On http://www.mybanktracker.com/Bank-of-America/Profile they have a 2 out of 5 customer rating. I expect more out of a bank than that.

[Guest m14man]

the company in question i have read was mcmillian which also has gov. contracts, pretty bad to crap on a company making rifles for soldiers in the field to.

[E4 No More]

This story was reported on Fox news this weekend, and other sites have said McMillan verfired the story. I am moving my accounts to a credit union.

[Guest uofmeet]

BOA is the devil.