Fifth Third Bank

Checking Accounts

Five simple, straightforward solutions.
Every checking account comes loaded with great benefits

Our five simple, straightforward personal checking accounts reward you with more benefits and value for your relationship with us. Every account now comes with discounted or complimentary identity theft protection to help guard your personal information and give you ultimate peace of mind. We've also simplified our pricing, including overdraft polices - so there are no surprises or confusion. And every account features easy ways to waive any monthly service charges.

Fifth Third
eAccess Account
Fifth Third
Essential Checking
Fifth Third
Established Checking
Fifth Third
Enhanced Checking
Fifth Third
Preferred Checking
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For people who never write checks and do all of their banking online. Ideal for people who want just the basics. Rewards customers who keep multiple accounts with us. For people who want investment services* and strategies. Part of the Preferred Program, this account offers comprehensive financial solutions with dedicated, personalized service.
Benefits include:
  • Fifth Third Debit Card
  • Internet Banking and Online Bill Payment
  • Mobile Banking and text alerts
Benefits include: Benefits include: Benefits include: Benefits include:
  • Financial support and strategies from a dedicated Preferred Banker backed by a team of specialists
  • Complimentary non-Fifth Third ATM usage anywhere in the U.S. (limit 10 per month)
  • High-yield interest on your checking balances
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  • Complimentary Fifth Third Identity Alert with 24/7 credit monitoring
No monthly service charge or minimum balance requirements:
  • Requires monthly direct deposits totaling $500 or more1
  • No check writing
  • No paper statements
No monthly service
charge if:

-OR-
  • You are a current or former U.S. Military member with monthly direct deposits totaling $500 or more1

-OR-
  • You participate in your employer's Fifth Third banking benefits program with monthly direct deposits totaling $500 or more1

-OR-
Otherwise, it's $11 per month. (Reduced to $8 per month with monthly direct deposits totaling $500 or more)1
No monthly service
charge if:

-OR-
  • You have an existing Fifth Third personal mortgage, auto loan, or line of credit with an outstanding balance4,8

-OR-
  • You spend at least $500 per month on a Fifth Third credit card5

Otherwise, it's $15 per month.
No monthly service
charge if:
  • You achieve a monthly total balance of at least $20,000 across your checking, savings and investment accounts6

Otherwise, it's $20 per month.
No monthly service
charge if:
  • You achieve a monthly total balance of at least $100,000 across your deposit and investment accounts one time per month7

Otherwise, it's $25 per month.
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Are you a student?

This account receives the same great benefits as Fifth Third Essential Checking, but with the monthly service charge waived for high school and college students age 16 and up.1

No monthly service fee and no minimum balance requirements.

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Are you a member of the U.S. Military?

Fifth Third Bank is committed to providing special banking benefits to all military families including active duty, retired, reserve/guard, and veterans. It's our way of saying Thank You for your service and sacrifice.

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Want a smart way to budget?

Meet The Next Generation of Cash℠ - the Access 360° Reloadable Prepaid Card. Use Access 360° anywhere Debit MasterCard is accepted, and you'll enjoy purchasing convenience and an easy way to budget.

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Deposit and credit products provided by Fifth Third Bank, Member FDIC.

 Pricing Information & Disclosures
  1. Fifth Third will look back 35 days from your statement cycle date to calculate your total direct deposits.
  2. To waive monthly service charges, only accounts with the same owners listed are included. To ensure your privacy all owners on a Fifth Third Essential checking account must also be listed as owners on other checking and savings accounts to qualify toward the $1,500 combined monthly average balance requirement.
  3. To waive monthly service charges, only accounts with the same owners listed are considered. To ensure your privacy all owners on a Fifth Third Established Checking account must also be listed as owners on other accounts to count toward the $5,000 combined monthly average balance. Combined deposits and investments include any checking, savings, CDs, brokerage*, annuity*, and personal trust accounts.
  4. All loans are subject to credit review and approval.
  5. $500 monthly credit card spend is calculated by looking at all your Fifth Third Credit Card accounts and adding the total amount spent on any personal credit card statement(s) issued within the last 35 days. All owners of the Fifth Third Established checking account must also be owners or co-applicants or authorized users of the credit card.
  6. To waive monthly service charges, only accounts with the same owners listed are considered. To ensure your privacy, all owners on the Fifth Third Enhanced checking account must also be listed as owners on other accounts to count toward the $20,000 combined balance. Combined deposits and investments include any checking, savings, CDs, brokerage*, annuity*, and personal trust accounts.
  7. A combined account balance is considered to be the sum of all checking, savings, money market deposit accounts, bank and brokerage* IRAs, certificates of deposit, investment management accounts, annuities*, and brokerage* balances.
  8. All owners on a Fifth Third Established Account must also be listed together as owners of the loan. Bond or lot loans and overdraft lines of credit are excluded.
  9. Secondary accounts are set up as the same type of account as your primary checking account.

One of the Fifth Third Preferred Checking account owners must be listed as the primary owner on the other accounts to count towards the $100,000 combined balance.

Fees apply for some products and services in the Fifth Third Preferred Banking Program.

For more information on terms of membership, see the Preferred Banking Guidelines document.

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Account Opening and Usage
Minimum Deposit Needed
to Open Account
$50
Checking: Monthly Service Charge eAccess: No monthly service charge.
Essential Checking: $11 or $8 with monthly direct deposit of $500 or more.
Established Checking: $15
Enhanced Checking: $20
Preferred Checking: $25
Checking: Requirements to Waive Monthly Service Charge eAccess: No monthly service charge. Requires monthly direct deposit of $500 or more, no paper statements and no checking writing.1
Essential Checking: Combined monthly average of $1,500 across checking and savings, or a student; or a U.S. Military member or you participate in your employer’s Fifth Third banking benefits program with monthly direct deposit totaling $500 or more.2
Established Checking: Combined monthly average balance of $5,000 across your deposit and investment* accounts, or spend at least $500 per month on a Fifth Third credit card, or have an existing Fifth Third personal mortgage, auto loan, or line of credit with an outstanding balance.3
Enhanced Checking: Combined monthly total of at least $20,000 across your deposit and investment* accounts.4
Preferred Checking: Combined monthly total of $100,000 across your deposit and investment* accounts.5
Interest Rate Accounts Earning Interest: Enhanced Checking, Preferred Checking, and all Savings accounts. Please see rate sheet.
ATM Fees – Fifth Third $0 - No charge to use Fifth Third ATMs
Non Fifth Third ATM Transactions $2 for U.S. transactions and $5 for International transactions.
(Fees are waived for Military and Preferred accounts.)
International POS/ATM
Transaction Fee
3% of transaction amount.6
Currency Conversion Fee .20% of transaction amount.6
Dormant Account Monthly Fee $5 per month (Fee will be assessed for no deposits or withdrawals for the period of 12 months for checking accounts and 36 months for savings accounts. Fee not assessed if balance is greater than $2,500.)
Account Closure Fee $0 No charge
Overdraft Fees and Returned Payments
Checking and Savings Account Overdraft Fee

Per item overdraft fees are based on the number of overdraft occurrences in the past 12 months

For the first occurrence, you will be charged $25 per item. For any other occurrence, the cost is $37 per item. No per item overdraft fees are charged when your account is overdrawn $5 or less at the end of our business day. You will not be charged for more than 10 items per day.
Extended Overdraft Fee $0 No charge
Overdraft Protection Transfer
If you are enrolled in Overdraft Protection,
funds are moved automatically from one of your other Fifth Third Bank accounts.
Overdraft Protection transfer fee: $12 per transfer.
Debit/ATM Overdraft Coverage Options
With Overdraft Coverage, debits and payments may be made even if you do not have enough money in your account.
* Overdraft Coverage for Checks and Automatic Debits comes standard with most checking accounts (overdraft fees apply).
* Overdraft Coverage for ATM transactions and Debit Card purchases is optional and requires enrollment.
When you opt-in to Overdraft Coverage (ATM/Debit Card), overdraft fees may apply to these transactions.
When you choose not to opt-in to Overdraft Coverage (ATM/Debit Card), your card transactions are denied and no overdraft fees are applied to those transactions.
Charged Off Account

$30 per account

Other service fees
Account Information
ATM Mini Statement $1.50 per request
Copy Of A Check Or Statement Per Request
(most recent 6-16 months available at 53.com with no charge)
$5 per copy
Copy Of Check Images Mailed
With Monthly Statement
$2 per month (Fee waived for Preferred and Private Bank accounts)
Research Per Request $25 per hour
Representment Of A Check $3.75 per item
Payment Information
Return Deposited Item $15 per item
Stop Payment Fee $33 per item
Money Orders $1.25 each
Official Checks/Cashier Checks $7 each (Fee waived for Enhanced, Preferred and Private Bank accounts)
Wire Transfer (Incoming) $15 each domestic and/or international wire transfer
Wire Transfer (Outgoing) $25 each domestic wire transfer; $45 each foreign wire transfer plus exchange rate, taxes and corresponding fee(s). Beginning July 15, 2013, $30 each domestic wire transfer; $50 each foreign wire transfer sent in foreign currency; $85 each foreign wire transfer sent in U.S. dollars. Exchange rates, and other bank fees and taxes may apply.
Debit Card Services
Gold Debit MasterCard® $0 No Annual Fee
World Debit™ MasterCard® Monthly Fee 3.95 (Fee waived for Preferred accounts)
Annual Specialty Debit Card Design Fee
(i.e. patriotic, vacation)
$5 First annual fee is assessed at card opening and then on each open anniversary date thereafter. (Fee waived for: Enhanced, Established, Preferred and Private Bank accounts)
Annual Affinity Debit Design Fee $10 (i.e. sports affiliates, zoo cards, etc. Card fee waived for: Enhanced, Established, Preferred and Private Bank accounts. No charge for Fifth Third Cincinnati Bengals and Nashville Predators Debit or Credit Card.)
Stand Up to Cancer Debit Card Fee $25 Stand Up to Cancer will receive $10 for each $25 annual fee associated with the Stand Up to Cancer debit card. No fee waiver.
Card Replacement Fee $10 each
Other
If You Need Us To Fax A Document For You $3 per page
Processing Fee For Garnishment, Attachment Or Levy $80
Processing Policies
Overdraft Calculation Order

If there is not enough money in your
account at the end of the day to cover
all of your posted debits, then we
consider transactions in this order.

Daily Balance From Prior Business Day

(+) Add Credits

(-) Deduct Posted Timestamped Debits
(i.e. ATM, debit card purchases)

(-) Deduct Posted Batch Debits (i.e. checks, Internet bill payment)

(-) Deduct Fees and Service Charges (i.e. monthly service charge)

Please see Overdraft Calculation Order section for more details.

Funds Availability Policy

When funds deposited to your account are available

Cash, Electronic Direct Deposits & Wire Transfers - Same Business Day we receive the deposit.

Check Deposit with Teller or Check/Cash Deposit at ATM prior to cut-off time – The first $100 from the deposit will be available on the day we receive the deposit. Remaining funds will be available on the first Business Day after the day of your deposit.

  • In some situations we may notify you after your deposit is made that your funds will not be available for up to 8 business days.

A Business Day is a non-holiday weekday. Funds received after certain cut-off times may be credited the next business day.

Please see Cut-Off Times and Funds Availability Policy for Transaction Accounts section for more details.

Error Resolution

Electronic transactions and to report lost/stolen cards or password, unauthorized transfers

Errors or Questions:

PIN, ACH, Signature Transactions

Phone: 1-800-972-3030

Write: Customer Service Department
Madisonville Operations Center,
Cincinnati, OH 45263

Please use appropriate Mail Drop

• PIN & ACH Transactions - MD 1MOCBK

• Signature Transactions - MD 1MOC2G

Lost/Stolen Card/Password
Phone:
1-800-782-0279

Write: Card Services Department
Madisonville Operations Center, MD 1MOC2G
Cincinnati, OH 45263

Have Questions? Call: 1-800-972-3030, click www.53.com
or visit your nearest Fifth Third Bank location.

  1. You have 60 days from account opening to enroll in online statements. You cannot have 3 consecutive monthly statement periods containing check writing or no direct deposits. If any one of these requirements is not met, your account will be automatically converted to Fifth Third Essential Checking, which requires a minimum balance to avoid a monthly service charge. If your eAccess account is converted because of violation of the check writing or direct deposit requirements, you will not be able to change your account back to eAccess for 90 days. Fifth Third will look back 35 days from your statement cycle date to calculate your total direct deposits.
  2. Fifth Third Essential Checking: To waive monthly service charges, only accounts with the same owners listed are included. To ensure your privacy all owners on a Fifth Third Essential checking account must also be listed as owners on other checking and savings accounts to qualify toward the $1,500 combined monthly average balance requirement. Fifth Third will look back 35 days from your statement cycle date to calculate your total monthly direct deposits.
  3. Fifth Third Established Checking: To waive monthly service charges, only accounts with the same owners listed are considered. To ensure your privacy all owners on a Fifth Third Established Checking account must also be listed as owners on other accounts to count toward the $5,000 combined monthly average balance. Combined deposits and investments include any checking, savings, CDs, brokerage*, annuity*, and personal trust accounts. All credit loans/lines are subject to credit review and approval. All owners on a Fifth Third Checking Account must also be listed as owners of the loan. Bond or lot loans and overdraft lines of credit are excluded. $500 monthly credit card spend is calculated by looking at all your Fifth Third Credit Card accounts and adding the total amount spent on any personal credit card statement(s) issued within the last 35 days. All owners of the Fifth Third Established checking account must also be owners or co-applicants or authorized users of the credit card.
  4. Fifth Third Enhanced Checking: To waive monthly service charges, only accounts with the same owners listed are considered. To ensure your privacy, all owners on the Fifth Third Enhanced checking account must also be listed as owners on other accounts to count toward the $20,000 combined balance. Combined deposits and investments include any checking, savings, CDs, brokerage*, annuity*, and personal trust accounts.
  5. Fifth Third Preferred Checking: A combined account balance is considered to be the sum of all checking, savings, money market deposit accounts, bank and brokerage* IRAs, certificates of deposit, investment management accounts, annuities*, and brokerage* balances. One of the Fifth Third Preferred Checking account owners must be listed as an owner on the other accounts to count towards the $100,000 combined balance. Fees apply for some products and services in the Fifth Third Preferred Banking Program.
  6. See Debit Card Disclosure and Card Agreement.

Securities Disclosure: *Investments, variable annuities and brokerage accounts are offered through Fifth Third Securities, a wholly owned subsidiary of Fifth Third Bank. Fixed annuities are offered through Fifth Third Insurance Agency Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of Fifth Third Bank.

Fifth Third Bank provides access to investments and investment services through various subsidiaries, including Fifth Third Securities. Fifth Third Securities is the trade name used by Fifth Third Securities, Inc., member FINRA/SIPC, a registered broker-dealer and registered investment advisor registered with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). Registration does not imply a certain level of skill or training. Securities and investments offered through Fifth Third Securities, Inc. and insurance products: · Are Not FDIC Insured · Offer No Bank Guarantee · May Lose Value · Are Not Insured By Any Federal Government Agency · Are Not A Deposit. Insurance products made available through Fifth Third Insurance Agency, Inc.

Deposit and credit products provided by Fifth Third Bank, Member FDIC. The standard deposit insurance amount is $250,000 per depositor. Please see www.fdic.gov for insurance coverage. Fifth Third and Fifth Third Bank are registered service marks of Fifth Third Bancorp.

†Member FDIC. Offer available to new consumer checking customers only, excluding Private Bank, opening an account by March 31, 2014. $50 minimum deposit required to open all accounts. New account, three online bill payments and direct deposit required within 90 days of account opening to obtain bonus. Bonus will be deposited into your new account within 6 weeks of completing requirements. Monthly fees and certain restrictions may apply. Fifth Third Enhanced Checking is an interest bearing checking account and all balances earn 0.05% Annual Percentage Yield (APY) in all markets. Fifth Third Preferred Checking is an interest bearing account and all balances earn 0.24% APY in IL, IN, KY, MI, OH, WV, 0.38% APY in FL and TN, 0.40% APY in MO, 0.46% APY in NC, 0.50% APY in GA, and 0.60% APY in PA. APY accurate as of 1/2/14. Rates may change after account opening. Fees may reduce earnings. One offer per account per household. Not valid with any other offer. The Curious Bank is a registered trademark of Fifth Third Bancorp. Stand Up To Cancer is a program of the Entertainment Industry Foundation, a 501(c)(3) charitable organization.

*Investments, variable annuities and brokerage accounts are offered through Fifth Third Securities, a wholly owned subsidiary of Fifth Third Bank. Fixed annuities are offered through Fifth Third Insurance Agency Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of Fifth Third Bank.

Fifth Third Bank provides access to investments and investment services through various subsidiaries, including Fifth Third Securities. Fifth Third Securities is the trade name used by Fifth Third Securities, Inc., member FINRA/SIPC, a registered broker-dealer and registered investment advisor registered with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). Registration does not imply a certain level of skill or training. Securities and investments offered through Fifth Third Securities, Inc., and insurance products:


Are Not FDIC Insured Offer No Bank Guarantee May Lose Value
Are Not Insured by any Federal Government Agency Are Not A Deposit

Insurance products made available through Fifth Third Insurance Agency, Inc.


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Package Includes:

  • Fifth Third Essential Checking

Customize your package with these additional options:

  • Fifth Third Relationship Savings
  • Fifth Third Identity Alert

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Package Includes:

  • Fifth Third Enhanced Checking

Customize your package with these additional options:

  • Fifth Third Relationship Money Market
  • Fifth Third Identity Alert

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Package Includes:

  • Fifth Third Established Checking

Customize your package with these additional options:

  • Fifth Third Relationship Savings
  • Fifth Third Identity Alert

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Package Includes:

  • Fifth Third Preferred Checking

  • Fifth Third Identity Alert

Customize your package with these additional options:

  • Fifth Third Relationship Money Market

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Package Includes:

  • Fifth Third eAccess Account

Customize your package with this additional option:

  • Fifth Third Relationship Savings
  • Fifth Third Identity Alert

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