The cheapestway to get them is by using your card's debit function, which takes the moneydirectlyfromyoursavingsorchecking account, although a transaction feemay be charged.
It is unclear whether the bank, which counts more than 55 million U.S. households as customers, will stick with its initial idea for a basic flat-fee checkingaccount that doesn't offer a way to avoid paying a charge.
Bank of America, the largest bank in the U.S. based on the level of deposits, is testing a new fee structure for its checkingaccount service which used to be free.
Banks are marketing either a program where overdraft transactions are covered for a fee or one that allows you to link a checkingaccount to a savings account, line of credit or credit card so if you overdraw funds are transferred in as needed, says Greg McBride, a senior financial analyst at Bankrate.com.