Nationwide is (No Longer) on Your Side

As a depositor, that is. The $7.1 billion asset 5-Star Nationwide Bank, Columbus, OH is exiting the retail banking business in favor of more lucrative insurance and retirement operations.

Nationwide Bank was chartered in 1998 and added to our rate pages ten years ago (JRN 25:28). Over the years it has frequently been listed on our Top Rates chart. But no more.

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Bauer's version of show and tell

Bauer’s Version of Show and Tell

Bauer’s new website makes it easier than ever to find banks with DBAs (doing business as another name). This will make it infinitely easier to get the correct rating on a bank or banks that operate under more than  one name …because Bauer doesn’t want it to be fairly easy to find the correct bank. We want it to be virtually impossible to select the wrong bank.
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