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Checking Account Comparsion
Checking Account Comparison Chart
 
Checking interest rate No No
Minimum checking balance requirement $15,000 combined balance from deposits, loans, and investments* Low Low No
Monthly checking fee None, if balance requirement is met (otherwise, $30) None, with direct deposit or qualifying balances** (otherwise, $15) None, with $500 average daily balance (otherwise $5) None
Free Checks*** Yes Yes No Yes
Free Sovereign Debit Card Yes, Platinum Yes, Gold Yes Yes
Online Banking with BillPay Free Free Free Free
Fee to use other banks' ATMs in the U.S^ No No $2.50 No
Eligible Savings Account Premier Money Market Savings Preferred Money Market Savings Statement Savings Free Student Savings
Interest rate bonus on eligible CDs Yes No No No
Interest rate discount for loans and lines of credit Yes
.25%
Yes
.25%
Yes
.25%
Yes
.25%
Additional Benefits Sovereign
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  • No-annual-fee Sovereign Easy Access Line of Credit
  • 50% discount on annual rental of safe deposit box
  • $100 discount on mortgage application fee
  • Discounted-annual-fee Sovereign Easy Access Line of Credit
  • Exclusive Sovereign Bank Credit Card with WorldPoints® Rewards and no annual fee available †††
  • Exclusive Sovereign Bank Credit Card with WorldPoints® Rewards and no annual fee available †††
  • Sovereign Student Credit Card with no annual fee available ††
 
* Mortgages, student loans, credit card balances, indirect auto loans obtained through automobile dealers, unsecured personal loans and lines of credit issued by FIA Card Services, N.A., and the unused portion of any Sovereign credit line are not counted as part of the combined balance.

** Monthly fee waived when you set up a recurring direct deposit, or maintain a $2,500 average daily balance in your checking account, or maintain a $7,500 combined balance in your checking, savings, or money market savings accounts.

*** Sovereign Premier Checking — Free Graystone-style checks or $15 credit toward alternate designs.
Sovereign Preferred Checking — Free Graystone–style checks.
Sovereign Classic Checking — Customers purchase their checks.
Sovereign Student Checking — Free first order of Graystone–style checks, limited to 1 box of 120 checks. After first order, students purchase their own checks.

^ ATM owner may charge a separate fee.

† With automatic payment from a Sovereign account. Not available on mortgages, and auto loans obtained through an auto dealer.

† † Subject to credit approval. Credit cards issued and administered by FIA Card Services N.A.
 
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