[ColtsFan]

We have used Citizens for 18 years. Great service and they have a lot of branches throughout The Villages. Yes, you can get to any Citizens Bank in your Golf Cart.

[Papa_lecki]

Pick the branch close to your house.

If you are a USAA member, that’s an option too. Their only downside is it’s thought to deposit cash. You get reimbursed for ATM fees for withdrawals.

[westernrider75]

Originally Posted by ColtsFan

We have used Citizens for 18 years. Great service and they have a lot of branches throughout The Villages. Yes, you can get to any Citizens Bank in your Golf Cart.

Just to clarify, I believe you mean Citizens First Bank, as there is also a National wide bank that is just Citizens Bank.

[rrtjp]

Been with Bank of America for over 20 years. Never had a single problem with them.

[Nordhagen]

I like Mid Florida credit union. Very friendly efficient service. Golf cart accessible.

[Battlebasset]

Originally Posted by kbace6

Hey all, moving to TV area (eventually in TV) later on this year and am wondering what the prevailing wisdom is with the local banks in and around TV.

We need to leave all of our banks up North in order to avoid state income taxes. So we are looking for which bank/credit unions in TV area people have had the best relationship with.

Who was easy to set up a new account and work with?

Best customer service, best online banking and I suppose… can I get to the bank in a golf cart? :-)

I don’t want to turn this into a complaint fest either, but which banks should I avoid like the plague?

Thank you in advance for your thoughtful replies.

I've used TIAA Bank (all online) for 10 years. The only need I have found for a physical bank has been for convenient and free use of a notary.

For those that are using Fidelity in Lake Sumter for that, do they provide access to a notary?

[retiredguy123]

Originally Posted by Battlebasset

I've used TIAA Bank (all online) for 10 years. The only need I have found for a physical bank has been for convenient and free use of a notary.

For those that are using Fidelity in Lake Sumter for that, do they provide access to a notary?

Yes, I have used Fidelity for a notary.

But, some banks will only notarize their own bank forms.

[biker59]

Originally Posted by Ecuadog

Been using Citizens First Bank (CFB) for a decade. No problems. Easy, peasy.

I just now opened a Fidelity Cash Management account. Haven't really begun to use it though. No fees or minimums. You can use paper checks and online bill-payment. Comes with a debit card, which I would only use for ATMs (fees reimbursed). Cash is FDIC protected. Cash is currently earning 2.34%. It is also a (somewhat limited) brokerage account. They also offer no-fee, international, bank wire-transfers. And, they have an office in Lake Sumter Landing.

Note: the Lake Sumter office doesn't handle banking, just investing. I tried to get them to sign off on a direct deposit form so I could switch my pension to my Fidelity CMA, but they could only fax the form to corporate.

[JGibson]

Citizen is really good about fraud protection which Seniors need the most.

[retiredguy123]

Originally Posted by westernrider75

Just to clarify, I believe you mean Citizens First Bank, as there is also a National wide bank that is just Citizens Bank.

Correct, but you need to repost it about a thousand times. Citizens First could change their name, but some people would still call it Citizens Bank.

[MidWestIA]

We got Chase when we went from TV to Texas and back - it's everywhere so any trip we take our bank is there and they treat us well

[bark4me]

Originally Posted by kbace6

Hey all, moving to TV area (eventually in TV) later on this year and am wondering what the prevailing wisdom is with the local banks in and around TV.

We need to leave all of our banks up North in order to avoid state income taxes. So we are looking for which bank/credit unions in TV area people have had the best relationship with.

Who was easy to set up a new account and work with?

Best customer service, best online banking and I suppose… can I get to the bank in a golf cart? :-)

I don’t want to turn this into a complaint fest either, but which banks should I avoid like the plague?

Thank you in advance for your thoughtful replies.

Citizens First Bank

[Morty S]

We use The Vystar Credit Union. Check out their CD rates, excellant. Also nice place, nice folks.

[BoneLakeBennie]

Originally Posted by kbace6

We need to leave all of our banks up North in order to avoid state income taxes. So we are looking for which bank/credit unions in TV area people have had the best relationship with.

Perhaps first decide if you need a brick and mortar bank. We've been banking with Alliant Federal Credit Union for years after realizing we hadn't stepped into the bank for a couple of years.

That being said we decided to open an account with Citizens First Bank in TV, which is probably completely unnecessary, but felt that with the new home and process, we may need a local bank for something (notary, etc)

[NotGolfer]

We bought our house 14 years ago about now (Feb/March)...then moved here later that year. We've been with Citizens First from the get-go. NO issues! Our branch is in Colony but you can go to any of them around the community. We've found them to be friendly and helpful.