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The 5 best credit unions if you hate fees

Claes Bell @ClaesBell
April 8, 2015  in  Credit Unions

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Which credit unions have the lowest fees? © iStock
Which credit unions have the lowest fees?

Credit unions have a well-earned reputation for offering lower fees on their checking accounts than banks. But some credit unions are great fee fighters even by the standards of this consumer-friendly group.

Of the nation’s 50 largest credit unions, these five institutions had the lowest overall fees, according to Bankrate’s 2015 Credit Union Checking Survey.

Bankrate took the sum of all the fees included in our survey that members would typically pay, including fees for monthly service, nonsufficient funds and using an out-of-network ATM.

The Bankrate Daily

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Virginia Credit Union © iStock
5th-lowest fees: Virginia Credit Union

Richmond, Virginia

*Fee total: $22

*Fees include one monthly service fee, one instance of nonsufficient funds and one instance of a fee for using an out-of-network ATM.

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SchoolsFirst Federal Credit Union © iStock
4th-lowest fees: SchoolsFirst Federal Credit Union

Santa Ana, California

*Fee total: $21

*Fees include one monthly service fee, one instance of nonsufficient funds and one instance of a fee for using an out-of-network ATM.

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Police and Fire Federal Credit Union © Google
3rd-lowest fees: Police and Fire Federal Credit Union

© Google

Philadelphia

*Fee total: $19

*Fees include one monthly service fee, one instance of nonsufficient funds and one instance of a fee for using an out-of-network ATM.

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Star One Credit Union © Google
2nd-lowest fees: Star One Credit Union

© Google

Sunnyvale, California

*Fee total: $16

*Fees include one monthly service fee, one instance of nonsufficient funds and one instance of a fee for using an out-of-network ATM.

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State Employees' Credit Union © iStock
Lowest fees: State Employees’ Credit Union

Raleigh, North Carolina

*Fee total: $13.75

*Fees include one monthly service fee, one instance of nonsufficient funds and one instance of a fee for using an out-of-network ATM.

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