"4"^^ . . "6"^^ . "1"^^ . "0"^^ . "2012-01-31T00:00:00"^^ . . "My parents setup a bank account with Parama ages ago, when I was still in diapers. While many of my childhood friends have moved on from Parama to \"Canadian\" banks like RBC, CIBC, TD and whatnot I stick with Parama.\n\nOh how I enjoy this place, let me count the ways:\n*no service fees (other than whatever ATM fees are charged by other insitutions)\n*can get money orders in CAD or USD\n*can do wires to any destination worldwide, for a small fee\n*traveller's cheques (though I admit with the advent of the debit card this isn't really of great interest to me)\n*credit card (I don't have one, but they have one)\n*Ethical Mutual Funds\n*RRSPs & other investments like TFSAs\n*they are open 7 days a week, very close to the subway, and there is always enough tellers about that you are not forced to wait for more than a couple of minutes\n*can get USD, Litas and EU currency\n\nAnd as a credit union member I can take part in the AGM and vote on the Board of Directors - how many bank customers can decide who head's up their financial institution?"^^ . .