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FYI: Technological advances are now allowing people to transfer money, deposit checks and pay their bills from their home computers and smartphones. Getting cash from an ATM often requires only walking or driving by the outside of a branch. (One side effect: fewer bank tellers, along with diminished stature and pay for those workers.) But there are still some things consumers generally need to do—or prefer to do—with human assistance inside a bank branch. We round up some of the most common. Regards Ted http://blogs.wsj.com/briefly/2014/11/17/5-reasons-to-still-go-into-a-bank-branch/
Very true for me. In fact when I rolled my 401k to an IRA, the brokerage I chose had to have brick and morter in my area. I want to sit face to face with a human when I have questions or problems or need advice. Probably a baby boomer thing.
Without bank branches where would I get the signature guarantees some financial and mutual fund companies require? (In my experience, brokers won't do them for outside transactions.)
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You had better believe it. Schwab is one block away, and I know how to get there.
You are a lucky man OJ. That is a great asset to have.