Avoiding US goods and services – from tech to whisky to air travel – has forced many to find a new way of living

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    18 days ago

    Search more in Canada. I haven’t paid any fees in 10 years. But hey EU banks for the win.

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      18 days ago

      I’ve spent too much pain with credit unions already. No, they didn’t work. Too many fees. I’ve spent literally years looking at different institutions in Canada and I have never found one that doesn’t have fees for what I do. It’s possible that what I do is different than what you do and that’s why you’re having a different experience.

      I have a VanCity account only to pay tax. That’s it.

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        17 days ago

        Other Canadian Credit unions are no fee chequing and savings, no fee interac, no fee transfers berween products. Maybe there is a fee if you are doing something else?

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          17 days ago

          I demand no fees for:

          Savings, chequing, Bank to Bank transfers (Inc swift), direct deposit, debit, and credit.

          I won’t pay fees anymore. I refuse. So it means I mostly can’t work with Canadian financial institutions. That’s fine, there’s other options that work great with no fees.

          The only “gotcha” is you basically need a Canadian account to pay tax. But there’s ways around that too…

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            17 days ago

            Of have to check our bank to bank policy, but all the rest are free