A lifetime of no debit, maintenance, minimum balance or foreign ATM charges awaits new members who open checking accounts at the $4.2 billion Bethpage Federal Credit Union.
The pledge announced last week follows the 190,000-member credit union's introduction of a free checking option for members this summer. In February, Bethpage FCU launched a website named http://www.freecheckingforlongisland.com/.
Bethpage said it was making the moves "following new regulations curbing bank's long-established revenue streams … just as banks geared up to eliminate free checking for customers."
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