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Essential Business Checking Account

Just what you need to get started.

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Get the Essentials—Simple Checking for Small Businesses

Perfect for sole proprietors, freelancers, and new businesses with light activity, our Essential Business Checking gives you just what you need to get started.

Key Account Details:

  • Open with just $100
  • $5 monthly service charge
    • Waived when you keep a $500 minimum balance during the statement cycle1.
  • 50 free transactions per month
    • Just $0.40 for each one after that.
    • What counts as a transaction? Checks paid, deposits posted, checks deposited, ACH debits and credits, online transfers, debit card purchases, and ATM activity.
  • Deposit up to $5,000 in cash per month
    • A small fee of $0.20 per $100 after that.
  • Free eStatements included
    • Prefer paper? It’s $3/month.
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Open an Essential Business Checking Account

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Disclosures

1Statement Cycle means the current monthly statement cycle, which is defined as from the first (1st) day of the month through the last day.