1 00:00:06,700 --> 00:00:12,333 >>> TAKE NOTICE, THE DAYS OF THE 2 00:00:09,200 --> 00:00:13,866 PIGGY BANK MAY BE NUMBERED. 3 00:00:10,933 --> 00:00:15,500 STARTING TODAY CHASE BANK IS NO 4 00:00:12,333 --> 00:00:15,866 LONGER TAKING MORE THAN A FEW 5 00:00:13,866 --> 00:00:18,833 COINS IN LOOSE CHANGE FROM 6 00:00:15,500 --> 00:00:20,466 CUSTOMERS. 7 00:00:15,866 --> 00:00:22,633 IT IS REMOVING COIN COUNTING 8 00:00:18,833 --> 00:00:23,900 MACHINES FROM ITS BRANCHES. 9 00:00:20,466 --> 00:00:26,866 AND SOME CUSTOMERS ARE OUTRAGED 10 00:00:22,633 --> 00:00:27,566 INCLUDING ROBERT REED WHO WROTE 11 00:00:23,900 --> 00:00:29,066 A GUEST COLUMN FOR TODAY'S 12 00:00:26,866 --> 00:00:30,333 CRAIN'S CHICAGO BUSINESS. 13 00:00:27,566 --> 00:00:33,933 HE IS DIRECTOR OF PROGRAMS AT 14 00:00:29,066 --> 00:00:35,566 THE BETTER GOVERNMENT 15 00:00:30,333 --> 00:00:38,366 ASSOCIATION, FORMERLY THE ED ARE 16 00:00:33,933 --> 00:00:39,800 FOR OF CRAIN'S CHICAGO BUSINESS. 17 00:00:35,566 --> 00:00:40,600 WELCOME BACK, AND FIRST OF ALL, 18 00:00:38,366 --> 00:00:43,066 WHAT EXACTLY IS CHASE DOING AS 19 00:00:39,800 --> 00:00:44,466 OF TODAY? 20 00:00:40,600 --> 00:00:46,966 WHAT CAN YOU DO, AND WHAT CAN 21 00:00:43,066 --> 00:00:49,533 YOU NOT DO? 22 00:00:44,466 --> 00:00:51,066 >> YOU CAN'T BRING LOOSE COINS 23 00:00:46,966 --> 00:00:54,266 IN TO THE BANK AND HAVE THIS 24 00:00:49,533 --> 00:00:55,700 COUNTED BY THE MACHINE AND USE 25 00:00:51,066 --> 00:00:56,366 THAT MONEY, ANYWAY YOU WANT, I 26 00:00:54,266 --> 00:00:58,500 WOULD USE TO IT MAKE A DEPOSIT 27 00:00:55,700 --> 00:01:00,133 AT CHASE. 28 00:00:56,366 --> 00:01:01,066 AND I THOUGHT THAT WAS A NICE 29 00:00:58,500 --> 00:01:03,366 SYMMETRY TO THOUGHT BUT THEY 30 00:01:00,133 --> 00:01:05,233 DIDN'T AGREE. 31 00:01:01,066 --> 00:01:06,966 THEY WILL TAKE COINS IF YOU WRAP 32 00:01:03,366 --> 00:01:08,400 THEM YOURSELF. 33 00:01:05,233 --> 00:01:10,366 THEY ARE GIVING PEOPLE WRAPPERS 34 00:01:06,966 --> 00:01:11,266 INSTEAD OF PUTTING THEM THROUGH 35 00:01:08,400 --> 00:01:13,000 THE EXOTIC COIN MACHINES THAT WE 36 00:01:10,366 --> 00:01:15,300 HAVE SEEN. 37 00:01:11,266 --> 00:01:16,233 A QUESTION TO THE WRAPPERS, HOW 38 00:01:13,000 --> 00:01:18,233 DO THEY KNOW YOU ARE NOT FILLING 39 00:01:15,300 --> 00:01:19,866 THEM UP WITH SAND? 40 00:01:16,233 --> 00:01:21,233 >> IT WOULD SEEM TO ME YOU HAVE 41 00:01:18,233 --> 00:01:24,933 TO OPEN THEM AND COUNT THEM, SO 42 00:01:19,866 --> 00:01:26,233 IT SEEMS THAT IS SOMETHING YOU 43 00:01:21,233 --> 00:01:29,966 WILL BE DOING THINK WAY, SO WHY 44 00:01:24,933 --> 00:01:32,000 DISCONTINUE THE PRACTICE. 45 00:01:26,233 --> 00:01:34,233 >> WHAT IS THEIR RATIONALE? 46 00:01:29,966 --> 00:01:36,433 >> THEY SAID PROVIDING THIS 47 00:01:32,000 --> 00:01:37,866 CUSTOMER SERVICE GOT IN THE WAY 48 00:01:34,233 --> 00:01:40,833 OF PROVIDING CUSTOMER SERVICE. 49 00:01:36,433 --> 00:01:42,133 I DIDN'T UNDERSTAND THAT BECAUSE 50 00:01:37,866 --> 00:01:43,533 I HAVE NEVER SEEN HUGE LINES 51 00:01:40,833 --> 00:01:45,200 BECAUSE PEOPLE ARE WAITING TO 52 00:01:42,133 --> 00:01:47,100 GET COINS COUNTED. 53 00:01:43,533 --> 00:01:50,466 AND THE OTHER THINKING IS, WHICH 54 00:01:45,200 --> 00:01:51,900 IS PECULIAR, THEY VIEW THIS AS 55 00:01:47,100 --> 00:01:53,433 SORT OF A UNIQUELY MIDWESTERN 56 00:01:50,466 --> 00:01:54,633 CUSTOM PM PEOPLE BRINGING IN 57 00:01:51,900 --> 00:01:57,100 ALASKA CHANGE AND HAVING IT 58 00:01:53,433 --> 00:01:58,533 COUNTED AT THE BANK, I DON'T 59 00:01:54,633 --> 00:01:59,866 KNOW IF THAT MEANS THERE IS NO 60 00:01:57,100 --> 00:02:01,533 LOOSE CHANGE IN NEW YORK AND LOS 61 00:01:58,533 --> 00:02:03,333 ANGELES, BUT THAT WAS SORT OF 62 00:01:59,866 --> 00:02:06,200 THEIR THINKING ABOUT IT. 63 00:02:01,533 --> 00:02:08,200 >> AND ONE OF THE THINGS ABOUT 64 00:02:03,333 --> 00:02:09,533 DOING THAT, A REAL ELEMENT OF 65 00:02:06,200 --> 00:02:10,466 SATISFACTION AND SORT OF MYSTERY 66 00:02:08,200 --> 00:02:13,200 LIKE, HOW MUCH DO I HAVE IN 67 00:02:09,533 --> 00:02:15,133 THERE? 68 00:02:10,466 --> 00:02:17,366 AND THERE ARE OTHER REASONS, FOR 69 00:02:13,200 --> 00:02:19,366 EXAMPLE, I THINK IT WAS YOU WHO 70 00:02:15,133 --> 00:02:20,300 REPORTED IT, THERE WAS A GOOD 71 00:02:17,366 --> 00:02:22,133 TEACHING TOOL FOR KIDS. 72 00:02:19,366 --> 00:02:23,033 >> ABSOLUTELY. 73 00:02:20,300 --> 00:02:25,333 AND THIS IS A VERY, I THINK 74 00:02:22,133 --> 00:02:27,466 IMPORTANT PART OF THIS. 75 00:02:23,033 --> 00:02:28,600 YOU KNOW, AS KIDS WE WOULD GO TO 76 00:02:25,333 --> 00:02:30,233 FIRE STATIONS AND SEE HOW THEY 77 00:02:27,466 --> 00:02:32,966 WORKED AND PARENT TOOK THEIR 78 00:02:28,600 --> 00:02:35,266 KIDS TO THE BANKS WITH THE COINS 79 00:02:30,233 --> 00:02:36,900 AND YOU HAD THE LESSON THAT YOU 80 00:02:32,966 --> 00:02:38,033 SAVED A LITTLE BIT AND IT ENDS 81 00:02:35,266 --> 00:02:43,500 UP BEING A LOT AND A VIOLENCE 82 00:02:36,900 --> 00:02:45,666 LESSON IN THAT. 83 00:02:38,033 --> 00:02:47,366 IT SEALS TO BE, IT SEEMS TO ME A 84 00:02:43,500 --> 00:02:49,166 COMMUNITY BANK OR JUGGERNAUT 85 00:02:45,666 --> 00:02:51,233 BANK SHOULDN'T BREAK THAT LINK 86 00:02:47,366 --> 00:02:53,966 BECAUSE IT'S AN IMPORTANT ONE IN 87 00:02:49,166 --> 00:02:56,833 TERMS OF GOOD WILL AND PASSES 88 00:02:51,233 --> 00:02:58,333 OUT A LESSON TO YOUNG EMPEOPLE, 89 00:02:53,966 --> 00:02:59,833 WHO WILL BE CUSTOMERS. 90 00:02:56,833 --> 00:03:00,566 >> BACK AT THE TIME RATIONALE, 91 00:02:58,333 --> 00:03:02,600 WHAT DID YOU MAKE OF THAT 92 00:02:59,833 --> 00:03:03,500 EXPLANATION? 93 00:03:00,566 --> 00:03:05,433 THAT THEY ARE IMPROVING CUSTOMER 94 00:03:02,600 --> 00:03:06,400 SERVICE? 95 00:03:03,500 --> 00:03:08,133 >> ANOTHER CASUALTY, ONE IS THE 96 00:03:05,433 --> 00:03:10,066 WHOLE THING ABOUT COMMUNITY 97 00:03:06,400 --> 00:03:11,633 BANKS AND THE FACT THAT THEY 98 00:03:08,133 --> 00:03:13,600 REALLY ON BREAKING AWAY FROM THE 99 00:03:10,066 --> 00:03:16,000 COMMUNITIES THAT THEY SERVE. 100 00:03:11,633 --> 00:03:17,933 AND THAT IS HAPPENING BY THE 101 00:03:13,600 --> 00:03:19,466 FACT THAT A LOT OF THESE 102 00:03:16,000 --> 00:03:21,166 BRANCHES ARE ELECTRONIC, CAN'T 103 00:03:17,933 --> 00:03:22,933 EVEN FIND A PERSON, MAYBE YOU 104 00:03:19,466 --> 00:03:23,600 HAVE TO SKYPE WITH THEM. 105 00:03:21,166 --> 00:03:24,533 AND SECONDLY YOU DON'T HAVE THE 106 00:03:22,933 --> 00:03:25,200 RELATIONSHIP WITH THE 107 00:03:23,600 --> 00:03:27,000 NEIGHBORHOODS THAT YOU USED TO 108 00:03:24,533 --> 00:03:28,133 HAVE. 109 00:03:25,200 --> 00:03:30,233 BECAUSE THE BANKS AREN'T THERE 110 00:03:27,000 --> 00:03:31,866 FOR THEY ARE DOING DOING THIS 111 00:03:28,133 --> 00:03:34,466 KIND OF OUTREACH. 112 00:03:30,233 --> 00:03:37,033 MORE BROADLY A VICTIM OF THE 113 00:03:31,866 --> 00:03:38,600 FACT THAT BANKS ARE BEEN 114 00:03:34,466 --> 00:03:41,233 MERGINGAGE ACQUIRING EACH OTHER 115 00:03:37,033 --> 00:03:43,200 FOR DECADES AND A HARD REALITY 116 00:03:38,600 --> 00:03:44,166 IS IN IN MANY CASES CUSTOMER 117 00:03:41,233 --> 00:03:46,366 SERVICE HAS LAGGED AND HAS BEEN 118 00:03:43,200 --> 00:03:48,966 BEHIND THEM. 119 00:03:44,166 --> 00:03:50,900 AND THE WAY THAT THEY MAKE MONEY 120 00:03:46,366 --> 00:03:52,566 OFF MERGERS IS THROUGH COST 121 00:03:48,966 --> 00:03:54,300 CUTTING, AND CUSTOMER SERVICE 122 00:03:50,900 --> 00:03:54,666 COMES LAST, EVEN THOUGH EVERYONE 123 00:03:52,566 --> 00:03:56,866 WILL TELL YOU IT'S OUR TOP 124 00:03:54,300 --> 00:03:58,200 PRIORITY. 125 00:03:54,666 --> 00:04:00,233 THE FACT OF THE MATTER IS GO ON 126 00:03:56,866 --> 00:04:02,733 ANY INTERNET COMPLAINT BOARD AND 127 00:03:58,200 --> 00:04:03,100 YOU WILL SEE THAT BANKS HAVE A 128 00:04:00,233 --> 00:04:04,633 LOW STANDING AS FAR AS CUSTOMER 129 00:04:02,733 --> 00:04:05,766 SERVICE. 130 00:04:03,100 --> 00:04:09,300 >> WHAT RESPONSE HAVE YOU BEEN 131 00:04:04,633 --> 00:04:11,633 GETTING FROM YOUR READERS? 132 00:04:05,766 --> 00:04:12,333 >> IT HAS BEEN AMAZING I WROTE 133 00:04:09,300 --> 00:04:13,733 THIS AS A GRIPE ON FACEBOOK AND 134 00:04:11,633 --> 00:04:15,566 EDITORS OF CRAIN'S CHICAGO 135 00:04:12,333 --> 00:04:16,433 BUSINESS SAID WHY DON'T YOU TURN 136 00:04:13,733 --> 00:04:17,933 THAT INTO A COLUMN, WHICH WAS 137 00:04:15,566 --> 00:04:18,633 VERY NICE OF THEM. 138 00:04:16,433 --> 00:04:20,566 AND IT HAS TAKEN OFF. 139 00:04:17,933 --> 00:04:23,000 IT HIT A NERVE. 140 00:04:18,633 --> 00:04:24,333 AND I THINK IT IS BECAUSE PEOPLE 141 00:04:20,566 --> 00:04:25,966 FEEL THAT ONE THIS IS SOMETHING 142 00:04:23,000 --> 00:04:27,833 THAT IS TAKEN AWAY FROM THEM, 143 00:04:24,333 --> 00:04:30,233 AND THEY DON'T UNDERSTAND IT. 144 00:04:25,966 --> 00:04:32,000 AND THEY ARE DISSAPPOINTED. 145 00:04:27,833 --> 00:04:32,533 BUT ALSO OUTAGE, ANOTHER LINK TO 146 00:04:30,233 --> 00:04:34,000 A MAJOR INSTITUTION THAT IS 147 00:04:32,000 --> 00:04:35,633 SNAPPED. 148 00:04:32,533 --> 00:04:36,000 AND YOU KNOW, YOU DIDN'T WANT TO 149 00:04:34,000 --> 00:04:37,333 MAKE IT OUT TO BE BIGGER THAN IT 150 00:04:35,633 --> 00:04:40,266 IS. 151 00:04:36,000 --> 00:04:42,000 BUT THERE IS SOMETHING ABOUT 152 00:04:37,333 --> 00:04:43,866 THIS KIND OF TRANSACTION. 153 00:04:40,266 --> 00:04:45,466 >> IT IS A FRIENDLY THING FOR 154 00:04:42,000 --> 00:04:45,833 BANKS TO DO. 155 00:04:43,866 --> 00:04:47,833 OUR ARE OTHER BANKS FOLLOWING 156 00:04:45,466 --> 00:04:49,933 SUIT? 157 00:04:45,833 --> 00:04:51,200 >> I THINK THEY HAVE STOPPED IT, 158 00:04:47,833 --> 00:04:53,266 THERE ARE A SMATTERING OF BANKS 159 00:04:49,933 --> 00:04:54,966 THAT WILL CONTINUE IT. 160 00:04:51,200 --> 00:04:56,866 THE RUB IS THAT YOU HAVE TO BE A 161 00:04:53,266 --> 00:04:58,866 CUSTOMER OF THAT BANK AND YOU 162 00:04:54,966 --> 00:05:01,066 HAVE TO PUT THOSE DEPOSITS IN 163 00:04:56,866 --> 00:05:03,866 THERE OR BE A CUSTOMER. 164 00:04:58,866 --> 00:05:06,266 THERE ARE SOME OTHER PLACES THAT 165 00:05:01,066 --> 00:05:08,866 WILL COUNT THE COINS FOR YOU BUT 166 00:05:03,866 --> 00:05:10,600 THEY WILL TAKE 12% OFF THE TOP 167 00:05:06,266 --> 00:05:12,566 IF YOU USE A MACHINE OR GIVE YOU 168 00:05:08,866 --> 00:05:13,066 A GIFT CARD AND YOU HAVE TO USE 169 00:05:10,600 --> 00:05:14,633 IT AT THE PLACE WHERE IT IS 170 00:05:12,566 --> 00:05:15,933 LOCATED. 171 00:05:13,066 --> 00:05:17,066 IT IS NOT THE SAME. 172 00:05:14,633 --> 00:05:19,266 ANY RESPONSE FROM CHASE, THE 173 00:05:15,933 --> 00:05:20,400 ONLY RESPONSE WE HAVE IS THE 174 00:05:17,066 --> 00:05:21,900 FACT THAT IT STOOD BY ITS 175 00:05:19,266 --> 00:05:23,800 STATEMENT AND FELT THIS WAS 176 00:05:20,400 --> 00:05:24,300 SOMETHING IT HAD TO DO BECAUSE 177 00:05:21,900 --> 00:05:26,000 IT WAS GETSING IN THE WAY OF 178 00:05:23,800 --> 00:05:29,133 CUSTOMER SERVICE. 179 00:05:24,300 --> 00:05:29,800 GO FIGURE. 180 00:05:26,000 --> 00:05:32,000 >> DO YOU PICK UP.YS ON THE 181 00:05:29,133 --> 00:05:32,766 STREET? 182 00:05:29,800 --> 00:05:35,466 >> PROBABLY DON'T BUT I SAVE A 183 00:05:32,000 --> 00:05:38,733 LOT. 184 00:05:32,766 --> 00:05:40,300 >> IF YOU SEE A PENNY YOU WON'T 185 00:05:35,466 --> 00:05:42,366 PICK IT UP? 186 00:05:38,733 --> 00:05:43,366 I DID. 187 00:05:40,300 --> 00:05:44,266 HOW ELSE DID YOU TAKE IN THE