{"id":4952,"date":"2011-11-25T10:12:04","date_gmt":"2011-11-25T17:12:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.portlandmonthly.com\/portmag\/?p=4952"},"modified":"2011-11-25T11:47:40","modified_gmt":"2011-11-25T18:47:40","slug":"the-big-bank-theory","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.portlandmonthly.com\/portmag\/the-big-bank-theory\/","title":{"rendered":"The Big Bank Theory"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>December 2011<\/p>\n<p>From Staff &amp; Wire Reports<\/p>\n<h3>With so many banks and credit unions vying for your business, who are you going to choose in 2012?<\/h3>\n<p>Where you keep your money is more than a matter of convenience; it\u2019s about making an informed decision.<\/p>\n<p>To help, we\u2019ve called across the state to compile a snapshot of every bank and credit union who\u2019d stand still just long enough for us to fire away with our questions. From ATM fees to mortgages and checking to CD accounts, here\u2019s a consumer portrait of Maine\u2019s financial institutions.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.portlandmonthly.com\/pdf\/DEC11%20Banks.pdf\">download this story as a .pdf<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.portlandmonthly.com\/portmag\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/bank-skyline.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-4954\" title=\"bank-skyline\" src=\"http:\/\/www.portlandmonthly.com\/portmag\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/bank-skyline.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"501\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.portlandmonthly.com\/portmag\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/bank-skyline.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.portlandmonthly.com\/portmag\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/bank-skyline-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.portlandmonthly.com\/portmag\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/bank-skyline-300x300.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>December 2011<br \/>\nWith so many banks and credit unions vying for your business, who are you going to choose in 2012?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4952","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-featured"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.portlandmonthly.com\/portmag\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4952","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.portlandmonthly.com\/portmag\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.portlandmonthly.com\/portmag\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.portlandmonthly.com\/portmag\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.portlandmonthly.com\/portmag\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4952"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/www.portlandmonthly.com\/portmag\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4952\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5077,"href":"https:\/\/www.portlandmonthly.com\/portmag\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4952\/revisions\/5077"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.portlandmonthly.com\/portmag\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4952"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.portlandmonthly.com\/portmag\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4952"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.portlandmonthly.com\/portmag\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4952"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}