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Credit unions, mid-size banks and online institutions are eagerly stepping up to capture banking customers who are fed up with increasing fees at the biggest banks. And so far, it seems, those big banks don't mind losing their business.
Though it seems bankers are doing everything but adding a black cape and a twirling mustache to their wardrobes these days, and bank fees continue to be as insane as usual, not everything about your local bank is necessarily bad. Rewards checking accounts are still one of the few bright spots...
When we wrote about sneaky bank practices, a lot of readers wrote in suggesting that fee-weary customers ditch the big bailout-recipient banks in favor of small community banks or credit unions. In fact, many professional personal finance advisers say exactly the same thing, so WalletPop talked to...

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