The best free checking accounts have no monthly fees and earn high ratings from NerdWallet for their features, which may include earning interest, broad fee-free ATM access, overdraft policies and ...

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These checking accounts reward you for meeting certain monthly requirements—like debit card purchases—with APYs that are quite a bit higher than most other bank accounts.

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Wells Fargo is raising the monthly fee on its most popular checking account by 50%, and avoiding that fee is about to get harder for some customers. Starting Nov. 29, the monthly service fee the ...

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