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Victoria Raines
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Victoria Raines asked 4 months ago in Checking Accounts

How much does it cost to start a checking account?

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It depends on what type of account you are getting. Free checking only cost $50.00 depoist. I live in CT and the bank I use they do not charge a monthly fee.

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Not sure what it's like where you are but where I am it costs nothing, you just put the money in the account and then you get chareged a monthly fee of anywhere between $2 and $20/ month.

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Kees deWit replied 4 months ago

Not sure why a fee is necessary to maintain a checking account. There are better deals out there. I do not mind a reasonable balance to avoid the fee.

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