{"id":13698,"date":"2015-07-16T17:37:00","date_gmt":"2015-07-17T00:37:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/?p=13698"},"modified":"2015-07-16T17:37:00","modified_gmt":"2015-07-17T00:37:00","slug":"u-s-news-and-world-report-the-10-best-banks-of-2015","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/?p=13698","title":{"rendered":"U.S. News and World Report:  The 10 Best Banks of 2015"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/Wells-Fargo4.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" size-full wp-image-2504 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/Wells-Fargo4.jpg\" alt=\"Wells Fargo\" width=\"173\" height=\"126\" \/><\/a><\/strong>A 2014 GOBankingRates study of the biggest banks in every state found traditional banks are actually doing quite a bit of good, according to U.S. News and World Report.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The biggest banks employ close to 1 percent of the U.S. workforce or 1.23 <a href=\"https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/Bank-of-America.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" size-medium wp-image-4869 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/Bank-of-America-300x162.jpg\" alt=\"Bank of America\" width=\"300\" height=\"162\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/Bank-of-America-300x162.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/Bank-of-America.jpg 470w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>million people. Their state tax bills are hefty, too; Wells Fargo paid $1.9 billion to its headquarter state of California in 2013. These banks often also give back to local communities in other ways. JPMorgan Chase, for example, committed $100 million to helping Detroit&#8217;s economy recover, and 18,500 nonprofit organizations and schools benefited in 2013 alone from Wells Fargo&#8217;s charitable giving of $275.5 million,&#8221; U.S. News reported.<\/p>\n<p>To find out how your bank ranks, click here: \u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/money.usnews.com\/money\/blogs\/my-money\/2015\/02\/12\/the-10-best-banks-of-2015\">Best Banks<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A 2014 GOBankingRates study of the biggest banks in every state found traditional banks are actually doing quite a bit of good, according to U.S. News and World Report. &#8220;The biggest 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