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54. GMAC Bank has become Ally Bank
Sun Nov 22, 2015, 11:14 AM
Nov 2015

Last edited Mon Nov 23, 2015, 02:39 PM - Edit history (2)

The same GMAC that embraced the likes of Michael Milken, rich pig that he was/is:

>>Michael Robert Milken (born July 4, 1946) is an American former financier and philanthropist. He is noted for his role in the development of the market for high-yield bonds ("junk bonds&quot ,[1] for his conviction following a guilty plea on felony charges for violating U.S. securities laws, and for his charitable giving.

Milken was indicted for racketeering and securities fraud in 1989 in an insider trading investigation. As the result of a plea bargain, he pled guilty to securities and reporting violations but not to racketeering or insider trading. Milken was sentenced to ten years in prison, fined $600 million, and permanently barred from the securities industry by the Securities and Exchange Commission. His sentence was later reduced to two years for cooperating with testimony against his former colleagues and for good behavior.[2]

His critics cited him as the epitome of Wall Street greed during the 1980s, and nicknamed him the "Junk Bond King".

Supporters, like George Gilder in his book, Telecosm (2000), state that "Milken was a key source of the organizational changes that have impelled economic growth over the last twenty years. Most striking was the productivity surge in capital, as Milken...and others took the vast sums trapped in old-line businesses and put them back into the markets."[3]

Since his release from prison, Milken has funded medical research.[4] He is co-founder of the Milken Family Foundation, chairman of the Milken Institute, and founder of medical philanthropies funding research into melanoma, cancer and other life-threatening diseases. A prostate cancer survivor, Milken has devoted significant resources to research on the disease.[5] In a November 2004 cover article, Fortune magazine called him "The Man Who Changed Medicine" for changes in approach to funding and results that he initiated.[4]

Milken's compensation, while head of the high-yield bond department at Drexel Burnham Lambert in the late 1980s, exceeded $1 billion in a four-year period, a new record for U.S. income at that time.[6] With an estimated net worth of around $2 billion as of 2010, he is ranked by Forbes magazine as the 488th richest person in the world.[7][8]

And if this doesn't "rich pig" you out, then there is this (Ally Bank has NO location!).

https://www.scamguard.com/ally-bank-limited-international/

Some of their other great deals, like CDs with minimal crack fees are also a joke as they have no provision for an early withdrawal (aka "crack fee&quot available if you are disabled and/or become disabled with is standard fare for just about any other CD you can buy (read the fine print please!).

The essence of all of this is to stay far far away from these crooks best I can tell. If I as the OP I'd get away from these sorry sacks o'shyte ASAP!



Sounds like you need a new bank. -none Nov 2015 #1
Not a bad idea. bondwooley Nov 2015 #3
When you pick another bank or credit union even better, yeoman6987 Nov 2015 #17
Good to know. TY. nt bondwooley Nov 2015 #27
Or find a bank/credit union with overdraft protection. I don't know if that would Nay Nov 2015 #50
Credit union is my vote, if possible. Erich Bloodaxe BSN Nov 2015 #53
I'll start. No doubt that most here agree with you, edgineered Nov 2015 #2
Based on your comment and bondwooley Nov 2015 #5
When you can finally close the account edgineered Nov 2015 #7
Haha! That's the first I've heard that expression! spooky3 Nov 2015 #10
'Tis the season! edgineered Nov 2015 #13
Well put. nt fayhunter Nov 2015 #45
Ha! bondwooley Nov 2015 #12
In banking and with prescriptions, I find it's better to deal with a human face. No Vested Interest Nov 2015 #34
Technology is fantastic fayhunter Nov 2015 #46
First, the penalty is by algorithm. Igel Nov 2015 #59
Incredibly wrong. SusanCalvin Nov 2015 #4
Credit union bondwooley Nov 2015 #9
Yes, eligibility depends on the credit union but nilram Nov 2015 #30
Good point. scrubthedata Nov 2015 #51
They should change their name to Frienemy Bank. Hassin Bin Sober Nov 2015 #6
If they did, bondwooley Nov 2015 #14
All most all of them should. nt fayhunter Nov 2015 #47
It's a heavily regulated industry for a reason. spooky3 Nov 2015 #8
Oh, wow, that's... bondwooley Nov 2015 #11
Yeah, I don't want to take that risk--but it's a large spooky3 Nov 2015 #32
What a scam. JonLeibowitz Nov 2015 #24
That's exactly what I thought. spooky3 Nov 2015 #31
We moved our checking account because Snobblevitch Nov 2015 #15
I guess computers bondwooley Nov 2015 #18
Banking laws were passed making these kinds of overdraft charges illegal. Snobblevitch Nov 2015 #74
I have a credit union, and my funds are available immediately. Fuddnik Nov 2015 #16
It's not that I'm happy to hear that bondwooley Nov 2015 #21
Dear Bondwooley, PatrickforO Nov 2015 #19
Any recommendations? bondwooley Nov 2015 #22
Well, I did a quick Google search and found these three: PatrickforO Nov 2015 #25
I really appreciate bondwooley Nov 2015 #26
TD bank rjsquirrel Nov 2015 #35
Credit unions are not banks, although they provide similar services. Gormy Cuss Nov 2015 #38
They serve the same functions rjsquirrel Nov 2015 #62
On a cost/benefit basis credit unions are almost always better for small depositors. Gormy Cuss Nov 2015 #66
I agree. I have been with them for about 15 years and have NEVER had a problem smirkymonkey Nov 2015 #64
Resistance is futile. You have been assimilated. n/t Binkie The Clown Nov 2015 #20
As much as I know you are right bondwooley Nov 2015 #23
No. JonathanRackham Nov 2015 #28
With these calls, push 0 everytime you hear a non-human. edgineered Nov 2015 #37
In my office that's called phone mail jail. JonathanRackham Nov 2015 #39
I had an Ally account and it sucked scrubthedata Nov 2015 #29
Ally is an evil company owned by GMAC CountAllVotes Nov 2015 #56
Point taken bondwooley Nov 2015 #69
My credit union zalinda Nov 2015 #33
What is the motivation for a bank to do that? forsaken mortal Nov 2015 #36
The longer scrubthedata Nov 2015 #52
Credit union. hobbit709 Nov 2015 #40
You're getting screwed, but... Orrex Nov 2015 #41
it is time to leave dembotoz Nov 2015 #42
Takes guts fayhunter Nov 2015 #48
This is one of many very good reasons to bank locally. Vinca Nov 2015 #43
I'm sorry to hear that. panader0 Nov 2015 #44
I was sorry too bondwooley Nov 2015 #49
Barclay's Bank has an online savings account CountAllVotes Nov 2015 #55
GMAC Bank has become Ally Bank CountAllVotes Nov 2015 #54
GM? scrubthedata Nov 2015 #60
Sorry for any confusion CountAllVotes Nov 2015 #73
Isn't ryan_cats Nov 2015 #57
Ally bank is one of the worst, in my experience Holly_Hobby Nov 2015 #58
Did you also have scrubthedata Nov 2015 #63
Just auto - Holly_Hobby Nov 2015 #65
Sounds like a horror story. scrubthedata Nov 2015 #70
Many years ago I deposited my paycheck... meaculpa2011 Nov 2015 #61
same thing happened to my kid dembotoz Nov 2015 #67
Yeah, good old Chase fayhunter Nov 2015 #68
If you're a high income customer Facility Inspector Nov 2015 #71
Hoping that fayhunter Nov 2015 #72
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