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This page collects information about potential banks for Noisebridge (a | This page collects information about potential banks for Noisebridge (a DBA to be created). From the information given here, Noisebridge will choose a bank (at our next meeting?). | ||
== Criteria == | == Criteria == | ||
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* Low fees | * Low fees | ||
* Wire transfer rates: incoming/outgoing, domestic/foreign (esp. European) | * Wire transfer rates: incoming/outgoing, domestic/foreign (esp. European) | ||
* Corporate credit | * Corporate credit cards for DBA members and reports | ||
* No-interest accounts | * No-interest accounts | ||
* Minimum balances | * Rules for DBA - how to set up, what if DBA member changes | ||
* Minimum balances | |||
* PayPal link OK? | * PayPal link OK? | ||
* Accept personal cheque deposits | * Accept personal cheque deposits | ||
* Restrictions on who can open/hold the account (e.g. USAA military-only) | * Restrictions on who can open/hold the account (e.g. USAA military-only) | ||
== Potential Banks == | == Potential Banks == | ||
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Please contact your favorite bank, and add info here. | Please contact your favorite bank, and add info here. | ||
'''First Republic Bank''': Cornfield Electronics, the company Mitch started to create TV-B-Gone, uses this bank. The account is free, with no fees ever, except for $25 to wire money out (wiring money in is free). Mitch will contact the bank later today and see if the same would be true for a DBA. | |||
Cornfield Electronics, the company Mitch started to create TV-B-Gone, uses this bank. | |||
'''Redwood Credit Union''': [[User:adi]] has a personal account. They are a CU, with the benefits that entails. Their [http://www.redwoodcu.org/business/business_deposit.html Business Plus Basic Checking] seems appropriate. They have a branch on Van Ness Avenue just a block or two from City Hall. They do have a $1k minimum balance requirement to avoid an $8 monthly fee (although they may waive it for "community organizations"). |