Interest-bearing checking accounts at traditional brick-and-mortar Banks often pay only 0.13 percent interest but require high minimums to avoid a monthly maintenance fee.

在传统的银行中，支付利息的支票帐户所允许的帐户只有百分之零点一三，但需要你存入的最低限额却是很高的，这样做是为了避免每月的生活费。

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Many of the homes include master suites on the first floor to help owners avoid stairs, and landscaping, lawn maintenance and snow removal is usually included in the monthly maintenance fee.

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There was no monthly maintenance fee at 45.8 percent of the accounts at small banks in the survey, whereas only 21 percent of the accounts at large banks were free of those fees.

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The Bluebird accounts will have no minimum balance requirement and no monthly maintenance, annual or activation fee.

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