Checking

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Checking Basics

Here’s what you need to know about interest checking accounts.

If you overdraw your account frequently, then overdraft protection could be a good way to avoid hefty overdraft fees.

Decide whether these products offered by America’s biggest bank meet your needs.

Here’s everything to know about the pros and cons of the account serving as the center of your financial life.

Checking Basics: Chapter 3 quiz

Are you hip to the sly charges banks try to sneak by you and the cleverest ways to avoid them?

1 min read May 01, 2006
Burned by bad check? Fight back

If you deposit a bad check into your bank account, you’ve lost that money. Here’s how to fight back.

5 min read Oct 04, 2005
Stopping a check payment is expensive

Here is how to write a check in five easy steps.

4 min read Jul 06, 2005
Float and Check 21

Thanks to Check 21, the old-fashioned float is disappearing, and that could cost you big in bounced checks.

3 min read Apr 07, 2005
Protecting your money

The FDIC covers your bank account up to $250,000, and you can be covered for more.

2 min read Apr 01, 2005
Opting out to protect your privacy

Selling your personal data is big business for many companies, including your bank. You can curb their efforts.

3 min read Apr 01, 2005
ATM fees

Banks pull in over $2 billion in ATM fees each year. Don’t let them snatch your hard-earned money so easily!

2 min read Apr 01, 2005
Patriot Act compliance

The Patriot Act’s effect on banking may seem Orwellian, but there are ways to protect your privacy.

2 min read Apr 01, 2005
Checking basics: Making a deposit at an ATM

Explore the rarely visited realm of ATM use: deposits! Learn what you need to know here.

3 min read Apr 01, 2005
How to avoid fees

You have to know the fees if you want to bypass them. Here’s a rundown of common, and easily dodged, fees.

2 min read Apr 01, 2005

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