A checking account is for managing your day-to-day finances, such as paying bills, making debit card transactions and writing checks. A savings account is for storing funds for emergencies or ...

From an earnings perspective, a standard checking account is one of the worst places for your cash. Here's how much more you ...

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Keeping money in a checking account won't make you rich. Unlike savings accounts and CDs, which are currently paying a lot of interest, or brokerage accounts, which allow you to invest in the stock ...

When you’re nearing retirement age, you’ll see plenty of discounts and perks aimed at seniors. Among them: senior checking accounts. Should you get one? The quick answer: not necessarily. A senior ...

Deciding where to open a checking account depends on an individual’s unique set of needs — whether it’s fee-free withdrawals, access to a vast network of ATMs, overdraft protection, sign-up bonuses or ...

We might earn a commission if you make a purchase through one of the links. The McClatchy Commerce Content team, which is independent from our newsroom, oversees this content. A joint checking account ...

Low fees, ample ATM access, mobile banking: these are just some of the most important features checking account customers are looking for these days, a recent Bankrate survey found. (You can see some ...

If you’ve previously applied for a checking account and were denied, chances are the bank used a consumer reporting agency called ChexSystems to review your banking profile and saw a history of ...

Soft switching is opening a new bank account without closing your original one. Here's why you might want to do this and how to manage multiple accounts.