<p>which is the best/most convenient bank to use near brown? i know i’ve seen this discussed before, but i couldnt find it… sorry!</p>
<p>bank of america i hear</p>
<p>bank of america by far, there's an ancient ATM in faunce, and a few right near the bookstore. And when you sign up during orientation, they give you free everything.</p>
<p>i signed up with sovereign - although branches near me are far and few in between, i found them very easy to deal with and a plus is that they don't charge you per transaction - bank of america does...</p>
<p>they charge you per transaction? i use bank of america and i have yet to see that.</p>
<p>maybe its cause you signed up with them during orientation like i<em>wanna</em>be_Brown said</p>
<p>i didn't, i signed up here at home a few weeks before orientation. that's odd.</p>
<p>How is it BOA by far? I would say Sovereign by far! They have a branch on thayer, and two ATM spots. Everything has been free. Where is BOA branch near campus anyways?</p>
<p>Well, there's the huge BOA downtown by Kennedy Plaza, I think. But it's pretty convenient to have the BOA atms in Faunce and the Bookstore. Unless you want to actually talk to a person after creating you account (in which case i guess you'd go sovereign) , I'm not sure whether one has an advantage of the other. I'm fine with BOA, and everyone seems fine with Sovereign. I just like BOA cuz they're all over the place back home, too.</p>
<p>citizens</p>
<p>HTH</p>
<p>also, BoA is a lot bigger nationally. Citizens I'd never even heard of before Brown, and BoA may have surpassed starbucks in the number of branches it has in NYC.</p>
<p>Citizens is fine.</p>
<p>So what to get? BoA since its in Fauce seems the most convenient since im in Keeney, right?</p>
<p>There is only an ATM. Thats not enough for me, I think having an actual bank to go to, ie Sovereign, is best. I don't like to make deposits without handing it to a real person. You'll be on thayer all the time, anyways.</p>
<p>people can't walk? i find this silly.</p>
<p>there's a sovreign branch on thayer? I thought they just had that little ATM booth thing. There are BoA brances down the hill.</p>
<p>Sov is moving in where Allegra used to be (on Thayer and Waterman) I believe.</p>