Chicago's Bank One one –the country's fourth-largest banking company, which bought First Chicago a year ago now charges $5 per month for basic checking rather than $3.
By contrast, Wells Fargo charges a $10 monthly service fee for basic checking accounts unless customers make at least 10 debit card purchases, maintain a large balance or have at least $500 in direct deposits going into their account each month.
They're now going to have to be paying copays for basic check-ups that can keep them healthier.
For its basic checking account, Chase Total Checking, the minimum linked balance is $5,000.
Shoba Lemoine, a spokeswoman for Higher One, said the basic checking account offered with the card, the OneAccount, could be used free; it carries no monthly service fee and offers free online bill payments.
Sirucek had brought his daughter, Rand, in for a basic check-up — until the team of pediatricians and doctors tending his daughter went into crisis mode.
JPMorgan Chase is testing a $3 monthly fee for a debit card with a basic checking account in northern Wisconsin.
"A USPS bank would offer a 'public option' for banking," concluded the resolution, "providing basic checking and savings - and no complex financial wheeling and dealing".
Consider opening a basic checking account.
And despite the advances in voice assistant's capabilities – playing games, using voice apps, shopping, or offering smart home control – the majority of consumers are still using them for basic tasks like checking the weather or news, playing music, and searching for something that would normally be typed into a search engine.
