Greg McBride

• Free Checking Nearly Twice as Likely at Big CUs Than Banks: Bankrate.com

  By Marc Rapport  |  March 18, 2013

  Since 2010, credit unions offering free checking dropped from 78% to 72%, while it plunged from 65% to 39% at banks.

• Bankrate.com’s McBride: Fed’s Low Rates Will Fuel Home Equity Business

  By Heather Anderson  |  January 31, 2013

  Fed keeps funds rate where they are, exceptionally low; Bankrate economist sees home equity opportunities.

• Free Checking More Prevalent at Credit Unions: Bankrate

  By Marc Rapport  |  August 13, 2012

  Survey finds free checking with no minimum balance 72% of largest credit unions compared with 45% of banks.

• McBride: No Action from FOMC Indicates More Stimulus Ahead

  By Heather Anderson  |  August 1, 2012

  FOMC maintains low levels for federal funds rate at 0% to .25%.

• Rising-Rate CDs a Growing Choice

  By Michelle A. Samaad  |  April 20, 2011

  Searching for a parking space at a crowded mall lot may throw a shopper looking for that last minute gift completely off.

• Long-Term CDs Get the Cold Shoulder

  By Michelle A. Samaad  |  April 11, 2011

  A new survey of the nation’s 50 largest credit unions and banks shows consumers still skittish about parking their money in longer-term certificates of deposit.