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Will Credit Unions Solve the Affordable Financial Services Crisis?

By JOSÉ A. GIRALT
When Sonya Ferguson started to do the math on how much it was costing her to fill up her pre-paid debit card, she wondered if there was a better way. Her main method of banking consisted of check cashing outlets and pawn shops. Recalling a recent experience, she said, “I asked for a pre-pay card, and they said ‘$10.’ I said ‘Ok, I want to put $100 on it.’ They said ‘$5, you have to pay to put $100 on your pre-pay card.’ I said, ‘But it’s my card!’”   Ferguson said she realized she didn’t have enough money for


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Forbes Names Ridgewood Savings Bank to America’s Best-in-State Banks List for 3rd Consecutive Year

By SÍLE MOLONEY
For the third consecutive year, Ridgewood Savings Bank has been named to the prestigious Forbes annual list of America’s Best-in-State Banks 2022, Leonard Stekol, chairman, president and CEO of Ridgewood, announced on Tuesday, June 21. Additionally, Bankrate has named Ridgewood a top regional bank of 2022.   In the context of the announcement, Stekol said that for over a hundred years, Ridgewood had served the people of New York as a true community bank, providing customers with the best possible service and banking experience. “What separates us from other banks is that, simply put, we treat our customers like family,


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Residents Shocked at Chase Bank Closure in Norwood

By DAVID GREENE
Norwood residents suffered an unexpected shock when a popular Chase Bank branch quietly shut it’s doors on Oct. 22. The branch at 311 E. 204th St. would have celebrated it’s fourteenth year of business in the neighborhood next month. Many residents were furious that no notices were ever posted on the walls or windows of the bank. One longtime customer claimed they did tell customers that they were closing at the end of October. The Norwood News reported on the bank’s impending closure over the summer. Another customer recalled the “verbal warning,” recalling but admitted to never receiving a date. The


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Norwood Bank Branches Face Pending Closures

Norwood Bank Branches Face Pending Closures (Picture)
By DAVID CRUZ
Norwood’s East 204th Street commercial strip is currently home to four banks. By October, that will whittle down to two, making it a little tougher for residents to cash checks, deposit monies, or get a certified bank money order. It also adds to the ongoing trend of a borough that’s unbanked. Two of the banks–the Chase Bank at 311 E. 204th St. and Bank of America at 299 E. 204th St., occupying an baroque-influenced storefront just near Bainbridge Avenue–will close its doors, a move where low foot traffic and relatively closer banks are to blame. Bank of America customers will


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Attempted Robbery Foiled at Jerome Avenue Chase Bank

Attempted Robbery Foiled at Jerome Avenue Chase Bank
By DAVID GREENE
A Brooklyn man is facing attempted bank robbery charges after cops grabbed him before he could catch a 4 subway train. Police say officers from the 52nd Precinct were alerted to the attempted robbery at 3408 Jerome Ave., a Chase Bank, at just before 5 p.m. on May 24. NYPD spokesman, Sgt. Brendan Ryan stated, “[A]n individual walked into the bank and attempted to rob it, passing a note to the teller. It appears he left with no funds.” Ryan continued, “However, a description was given out and he was apprehended,” by patrol officers from the 52nd Precinct, with assistance


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Chase Bank Thief in the Bronx Still at Large

By DAVID CRUZ
POLICE ARE SEARCHING for this masked thief wanted for the brazen bank robbery at the Chase Bank at 3408 Jerome Ave. on May 7 just after 9 a.m. Police say the thief, wearing a mask, waited 10 minutes inside the bank before approaching a teller, brandishing a black gun from his waistband and demanding cash. After getting the money, the thief fled. Police describe the suspect as approximately 30 years old, medium complexion and weighing 180 pounds. He was last seen wearing a red hoodie, blue jeans and black sneakers. Anyone with information is encouraged to call the Crime Stoppers


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