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Perfect checking account for those who prefer to receive investment services and strategies* from an investment professional, and to be rewarded for a deeper relationship with Fifth Third.


  • Discounted rates on Fifth Third Loans4: Get 0.50% lower interest rate on Direct Auto loans, Home Equity Loans and Lines of Credit
  • Exclusive discounts and fee waivers on Fifth Third brokerage accounts*:
    • Self-directed online trades discounted to $34.95
    • Up to $75 in transfer-in fees waived when you make asset transfers from other financial institutions to a Fifth Third Securities Account*
    • $25 annual custody and recordkeeping account fees for brokerage accounts* will be waived for accounts with $25,000 or more in brokerage assets*
  • Savings account(s) with monthly service charges waived3
  • Secondary checking accounts with monthly service charges waived3
  • Access to Fifth Third Identity Alert at an exclusive price for our checking customers of $6 per month for the primary member and $3 for an additional/secondary member5


Plus, All the Essentials


No monthly service charge if:

  • You achieve a combined monthly total of at least $20,000 across your deposit and investment accounts* one time per month8


Otherwise, it's $20 per month.



Please take a quick look at the application checklist before you get started—to make sure you have everything you need.

Three easy ways to get started:

  • CLICK. Simply fill out our easy and secure online application. It will only take about 5-10 minutes to complete.
  • CALL. Give us a call toll free at 1-877-579-5353.
  • COME IN. Stop by your nearest Fifth Third Banking Center today.

Switching banks? No problem. View instructions on how to switch your checking account.

Want to change your existing Fifth Third checking account to one of our new accounts? That's easy. Just give us a call or stop by any Fifth Third Banking Center.








 Pricing Information & Disclosures

Disclosures:

†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.

  1. Fifth Third Identity Recovery Assistance is a service provided by Affinion Benefits Group, LLC in conjunction with Financial Services Association. The Identity Theft Insurance benefits are provided to all members, along with all other benefits afforded as part of the program, through Financial Services Association (FSA or the "Association"). Upon enrollment in the program, you will automatically be admitted as a member of the Association. The Identity Theft Insurance is underwritten by insurance company subsidiaries or affiliates of Chartis Inc. (collectively, the "Company") under group policy # 7077733 for non-New York State Insureds and # 1423212 for New York State Insureds. The Benefit Summary under the master policy issued by the Company with respect to such insurance will be available to you upon enrollment in the program. The summary of policy benefits, terms, conditions, exclusions, and limits of coverage set forth in the Benefit Summary are subject to the terms of the master policy. Availability of coverage is subject to underwriting qualifications and state laws and regulations. Coverage is subject to actual policy language. Should your checking account that offers the Fifth Third Identity Recovery Assistance for free be closed or changed to another account type where this is not included, your access to this benefit will be terminated.
  2. This account earns interest. Please request a Rate Sheet for the interest rates and annual percentage yields. At the Bank's discretion, the Bank may change the interest rate and annual percentage yield at any time on your account. Your interest begins to accrue no later than the business day we receive credit for the deposit of non-cash items (for example, checks). Interest on your account will be compounded continuously and credited monthly. The Bank uses the daily balance method to calculate interest on your account. This method applies a daily periodic rate to the balance in your account each day. When your account is closed you will forfeit any accrued interest.

    Please call us toll free at 1-877-579-5353, or visit a Fifth Third Banking Center near you for additional details.

  3. All owners on the savings accounts and any secondary checking accounts must also be listed together as owners on your Fifth Third Enhanced Checking account. Secondary checking accounts will be set up as the same type of account as your primary checking account.
  4. All loans are subject to credit review and approval. Requires automatic monthly payment deduction made with Auto BillPayer from a Fifth Third checking or savings account. Bond or lot loans and overdraft lines of credit are excluded.
  5. The benefits in Fifth Third Identity Alert are provided by Fifth Third's vendor, Affinion Benefits Group. To find out more information on Identity Alert, please visit your local Fifth Third Banking Center or visit IdentityAlert.53.com.
  6. Subject to Internet Banking Terms and Conditions.
  7. Mobile Internet data charges may apply as well as text messaging charges. Contact your mobile service provider for details.
  8. 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.

$50 minimum deposit required to open all accounts.

Deposit balances are insured up to the maximum amount permitted by law. Please see www.fdic.gov for insurance coverage.

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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

FEES APPLICABLE TO HEALTH SAVINGS ACCOUNTS (HSA)

Refer to the Health Savings Account (HSA) Fee Schedule provided at account enrollment for applicable fees.

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 owner 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 accounts 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 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 though 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 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 ordered 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. Equal Housing Lender.

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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