There are no annual fees to the consumer or to nonprofits that receive the donations once a quarter.

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There are no annual fees for Skydog or its mobile companion application.

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The Independent plan also charges no initial or annual fees to eat into your returns.

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Instead it put out a press release this week offering customers no setup or annual fees on Traditional and Roth IRAs, as well as SEP and SIMPLE IRAs.

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There are no monthly fees or annual contracts.

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Buy Korea investors pay no initial fees and sales charges, only annual management fees equal to 2.95% of the fund's net asset value.

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This secured card stands completely opposed to many credit unions that offer secured credit cards with no annual fee and low penalty fees.

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Bluebird, first available through a pilot program last year, will have no minimum balance and avoid monthly, annual and overdraft fees.

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Quietly forking over a few hundred or thousand dollars as the cost of retaining thousands of dollars in annual commissions or fees often seems a no-brainer to many stockbrokers.

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And a last warning: If you have an old account, double check whether your provider levies annual fees that can eat into your savings potential or switch to a no-fee account at one of the providers mentioned above.

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