Take a step into your metropolitan “downtown” district. Take notice of the largest buildings in that district. Whose names are on those buildings? Shocking that they usually are names of very large banking institutions! Interesting how banks who seem to have very large physical presences, have some of the highest fees for banking. Below is a chart of the 16 banks with the most U.S. deposits, and how much they made in fees on these deposit accounts during 2008. The right-most column is a … [Read more...]