Comments on: City Questions Role of Banks in Neighborhoods

By: marco

marco — Tue, 19 Jun 2012 01:24:00 +0000

That sounds just about right for Noe Valley — after all, shouldn’t a neighborhood bank serve its neighbors?

By: Lollypop

Lollypop — Tue, 19 Jun 2012 00:26:33 +0000

Can everyone please look at the web site for this bank. It ONLY serves the ultra rich! It is owned by venture capital with the sole purpose of serving only the richest of the rich.

By: nocorp

nocorp — Sat, 16 Jun 2012 20:22:42 +0000

Credit unions have ATMs (you’ll also find credit union atm’s now in walgreens, rainbow and good spots more and more). Eyesore isn’t the issue for me, it’s community-sore. A credit union will give better interest rates, both for savings and loans. Savings are protected (by the government, for what that’s worth haha) just as they are in banks. Credit unions are far more personalized, localized and from personal experience, will answer the phone and fix things. Why would you need to ‘court’ credit unions into SF? Go to dinky places like Felton or Boulder Creek — as many credit unions there as banks, with far less population draw. I believe it is something in the arcane and good-ol-boy policy in SF which actively discourages them or there would be more of them here. Support the people who support you. That is how you prosper anywhere. Corporations are not people and will never be there for you without a service charge. Fire them.

By: Charles

Charles — Sat, 16 Jun 2012 08:18:30 +0000

Every business for the past five years at that storefront has failed. Maybe this one will make a go of it.

By: Peter

Peter — Sat, 16 Jun 2012 03:00:16 +0000

I agree credit unions would be favorable and Wells Fargo, US Bank (relatively new to the west coast), and Chase are a bit of an eye sore but I need atms to get money and would rather get money from them than a corner shop. I know no one likes building owners but they have to fill their vacant spaces with something. It’s true I personally don’t require walk in bank services but what I do need is a safe atm, stamps (wells fargo), and foreign currency (US Bank on Castro). It would be nice if these billion dollar banks would contribute more to our neighborhood however and I don’t see why we can’t ask for that. To get more credit unions we would have to “court” them to come here I think.

By: Truth

Truth — Sat, 16 Jun 2012 02:13:47 +0000

First Republic is a wealth management bank. They only serve rich clients. They are owned by venture capital. This is not a nice little fuzzy bank.

By: Rigoberto Hernandez

Rigoberto Hernandez — Sat, 16 Jun 2012 00:48:36 +0000

Because the First Republic Bank, which was approved by the planning commission on Thursday, will occupy the corner of 24th and Sanchez streets in Noe Valley. Best, RH.

By: Reality Checker

Reality Checker — Sat, 16 Jun 2012 00:44:00 +0000

Um, why the photo of Noe Valley?

By: nocorp

nocorp — Fri, 15 Jun 2012 22:35:31 +0000

We need more neighborhood credit unions. Not more corporate banks. Credit unions have members, better rates for customers and put much more value back into communities. Not banks. Banks have customers that they nickel and dime. ANd then the banks won’t make small business loans. SF keepers should stop aligning themselves with the expanding Chase® empire (walmart o’banks). I was so happy to dump BoA 20 years ago. I’ll never put money in a bank again.