Savings Account & MMA Rates
CD (Certificate of Deposit) RatesBank of America Corp. and other banks are preparing new fees on basic banking services as they try to replace revenue lost to regulatory rules, according to the Wall Street Journal.
Those changes are expected to spell an end to free checking accounts for many Americans.
Free checking accounts, which have been widely available for more than a decade, have been a boon to middle-class consumers and attracted low-income customers to the banking system for the first time.
Customers will likely be required to pay new monthly maintenance fees on the most basic accounts that don’t generate a lot of activity.
To avoid a fee, customers will have to maintain certain account balances or frequently use other banking services, such as credit and debit cards, automated teller machines and online accounts.
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