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Chase

National bank offering three tiers of business checking with branch access, a published cash deposit allowance and card acceptance built into the entry account.

Best for

Businesses that take cash and want a counter to bank it at, with a fee they can waive through card acceptance rather than balance.

Rate on your money
None on checking
Cash deposits
Yes, free at Chase ATMs
FDIC coverage
$250,000 direct, no sweep
EIN required
No, SSN or TIN accepted
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Each account's published monthly fee, and the plan that fee belongs to. Where a fee can be waived, the condition is stated rather than applied. Interest is shown as the rate each account publishes, with its conditions, and never as a forecast of what you would earn.

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Chase

$15/mo

Deposits held by
Chase itself (bank)
Free cash deposits /mo
$5,000 to $25,000/mo by tier
Entities accepted
Sole prop, single-member LLC, S and C corp
Branches
Yes, 5,000+ branches
To open
Not published at source
Monthly fee
$15/mowaived at $2,000 balance
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Piermont Bank

$25/mo

Deposits held by
Piermont itself (bank)
Free cash deposits /mo
Not published at source
Entities accepted
Not published at source
Branches
No, one office by appointment
To open
Not published at source
Monthly fee
$25/mowaived at $1,000 balance
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Mercury

$0/mo

Deposits held by
Fintech; Choice Financial and Column N.A.
Free cash deposits /mo
Not applicable
Entities accepted
Not published at source
Branches
No
To open
None
Monthly fee
$0/moFree outright
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Relay

$0/mo

Deposits held by
Fintech; Thread Bank
Free cash deposits /mo
$2,000/day (ATM), $5,000/mo (retail)
Entities accepted
LLC, corp, partnership, sole prop, non-profit
Branches
No, Allpoint in network
To open
Not published at source
Monthly fee
$0/moFree outright

Strengths and trade-offs

Pros

  • Deposits held directly by the bank, with no partner bank and no sweep
  • Branch and ATM network for paying in cash and getting certified funds
  • Free cash deposit allowance on every tier, and unlimited free cash at its own ATMs
  • Card acceptance is built into the entry account and is also a route to the fee waiver
  • Electronic deposits, ACH, ATM activity and debit card purchases are unlimited and free

Cons

  • Every account carries a monthly fee unless a qualifying condition is met
  • The entry account tests a minimum daily ending balance, which a single bad day breaks
  • None of the three checking accounts pays interest
  • Incoming and outgoing wires are both charged on the entry account
  • Non-profits, multi-member LLCs and partnerships have to open in a branch

About Chase

Chase is a national US bank and holds business checking deposits directly rather than through a partner arrangement. It runs three self-serve business checking accounts, each carrying a monthly service fee that it waives once the account holds a published balance, and each measuring that balance differently: the entry account tests a minimum daily ending balance on every business day, while the two above it use an average beginning day balance that can dip.

The entry account also waives its fee on routes that have nothing to do with balance, including card acceptance volume through Chase Payment Solutions and eligible business card spend. For a merchant already taking card payments, that is often the practical route to no monthly fee.

Chase publishes a free cash deposit allowance on every tier, and cash paid in at one of its own ATMs is free and unlimited whatever the tier. Its published transaction allowance counts teller items and paper cheques; electronic deposits, ACH, ATM activity, debit card purchases and internal transfers are unlimited and free.

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