All Forum Posts by: Chuck Brooking

I use two different credit unions out of IL.   I'm mainly interested in high yield checking and am getting between 3.00% and 4.59% APY on up to $10,000 and $20,000, respectively.   Yes, you have to jump through a few hoops, but it's worth it.  Neither require living in the state as a condition of opening an account.  Check out Great Lakes Credit Union and Consumers Credit Union. Consumers also has a really great cash-back Visa credit card.  3% on grocery/convenience, 2% on gas, 1% on everything else.   Cash back is credited each statement cycle.  I couple that with my Chase Freedom credit card for the quarterly cashback categories and it works great.  Hope this helps. Goodluck.