When you open a high-yield savings account at SoFi, you automatically get a checking account. With the SoFi Checking and ...

Nearly everyone in America has a checking account — over 92% of households, to be exact, according to the Federal Reserve's ...

If you want the most bang for your buck, move any excess cash from your checking account to another type of account where your funds can grow.

The balance of your checking accounts says a lot more about your financial fitness than you realize. While most conventional financial wisdom centers around building a big portfolio of savings and ...

Keeping too much cash in checking could cost you. Watch for these three red flags and make your money work harder this ...

While it’s important to have a buffer, you don’t want too much of a buffer. If you live on about $2,500 per month, but have ...

Wells Fargo is raising the monthly service fee on its Wells Fargo Everyday Checking account from $10 to $15 and tightening one of the most common waiver rules.

Not all checking accounts pay interest. Among those that do, the numbers are pretty dismal — the average only pays 0.07%, according to the latest government data. Despite those low returns, dozens of ...

Many checking accounts that charge a monthly fee offer a way to waive the fee. In most cases, you’ll just need to hold a specific minimum balance in the account to avoid paying the fee. If your ...

Much “soft switching” plays out among bank-industry titans: Most of the 10 firms with the largest shares of new accounts were big, traditional banks. The list also includes SoFi, a financial ...

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 bank ...