Weiss Ratings
Guide to Banks Fees & Services Charges
2010 Edition

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Pub. Date: Summer Edition: January 2011
Softcover: 600 pages
Price: $359

June 1, 2010 Announcement: Ratings Guides to Banks & Insurers Once Again Powered by Weiss Ratings, Investment Ratings Guides will continue to be produced by TheStreet Ratings.
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With so many banks to choose from, how can you be sure that you are getting the most for your money? Does your bank charge more for ATM charges or a checking account than the bank down the street? How do those fees compare with the rest of the banks in your county? The answer to these questions and more can be found in our newest ratings guide, Weiss Ratings Guide to Bank Fees & Service Charges.

• Immediate access to bank fees and service charges for over 6,000 banks across the US, arranged by state then by county for easy comparisons to all the banks within a selected area
• Easy-to-use, side-by-side comparisons for fees for cashiers & travelers checks, money orders, NSF returned checks, internet banking, telephone transfers, bill pay transaction fees, wire transfers, safe deposit boxes,
• ATM charges, checking and savings account fees, money market fees and more Ranking charts follow each county section to allow users to pinpoint banks with the lowest, and highest, fees in several different categories
• With the rise of internet or online banking, National ranking charts make easy work of locating banks with the lowest fees across the country

A perfect companion to Weiss Ratings Guide to Banks & Thrifts, the new Weiss Ratings Guide to Bank Fees & Service Charges allows the user to make sure they are not being overcharged for bank services. This new guide will be a must-have resource for reference collections of all sizes.

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Weiss’s rating scale is extremely straightforward and easy to understand. There are no complicated number grades to interpret, no colored paper to decode, and no stars to count. Instead, each entry gets a simple, intuitive letter grade that immediately identifies the wheat from the chaff. This is one more reason why Weiss Ratings is widely recognized as "America's Consumer Advocate for Financial Safety." The Weiss Safety Ratings have been proven to be the most accurate available from any of the major rating agencies. Plus, unlike the other major rating agencies, Weiss does not accept compensation from the companies it rates, and thus does not allow companies to influence the ratings they receive or to suppress the release of their ratings. In fact, the U.S. General Accounting Office (GAO) validated Weiss’ accuracy in its Insurance Ratings study, and that same superior rating methodology is used when deriving all other ratings as well.

Pub. Date: Summer Edition: June 2010
Softcover: 600 pages
Price: $359

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