Bank5 Connect offers competitive interest rates on all accounts. The rates are much higher than your typical brick and mortar bank rates. They are competitive with other online accounts. Interest rates are not tiered. Any amount over $100 earns the most competitive rate.
To get cash from a Bank5 Connect account, you can access any ATMs in the SUM network. If you withdraw money from an ATM that is not in the SUM network, Bank5 Connect will reimburse you the ATM fee. Bank5 Connect will reimburse up to $15 each month in ATM fees.
Bank5 Connect has low opening required amounts. The checking and savings account only require $10 to open. The CDs require $500 to open. To earn interest on the checking and savings account you must have $100 in the accounts.
Bank5 Connect accounts do not have monthly maintenance fees. There is not a required balance to keep in the account. To earn interest, you must have $100 in the checking and savings account. However, you will not be charged a fee for not having that balance.
Bank5 Connect does not offer a wide variety of accounts. Only personal deposit accounts are available. Those accounts include a checking account, savings account, and CDs. CD terms range from 6-months to 36-month terms. They also offer one investment CD. That term is a 24-month CD. There are no business accounts offered through Bank5 Connect.
Only money in a Bank5 checking account can be transferred to an external bank account. You cannot transfer funds from the Bank5 Connect savings to an external account. You must transfer the money from the Bank5 Connect checking account.
The Bank5 Connect checking account has daily withdrawal and purchase limits. You can only withdraw $500 each day from an ATM. There is a daily purchase limit of $1,000 with your debit card. If you need to spend more money, you must contact a Bank5 Connect representative.
Bank5 Connect customer service are not available 24/7. Their hours vary depending on the day. They open at 7:30 a.m. every day, except Sunday. They open at 11:00 a.m. on Sunday. They are open until 5:00 p.m. Monday thru Wednesday, and 7:00 p.m. Thursday and Friday. They close at 3:00 p.m. Saturday and Sunday. Online chat is available Monday thru Friday from 8:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. All times are Eastern Standard Time.
EH National Bank offers an ATM/debit card with their accounts. There is no fee to withdraw money from an EH National Bank ATM. If you withdraw money from a different ATM, they will reimburse the fees. EH National Bank reimburses up to $25.00 toward ATM fees each month.
There are a variety of different business accounts offered through EH National Bank. Checking, savings, and money market accounts are offered. CDs for businesses are also available. Each of these accounts offers online banking and remote deposit.
Most of the EH National Bank accounts do not have a required opening deposit. The checking, money market, and savings accounts do not have set amount to open the account. Only the CDs and retirement accounts have a required opening deposit.
The savings and money market accounts with EH National Bank do not have a monthly fee. The CDs only have a fee if you withdraw to money before the CD reaches maturity.
To open a CD through EH National Bank requires a large opening deposit. Each CD requires $10,000 to open. There are only four different CD terms offered. Those terms are three-month, six-month, 12-months, and 24-months.
The interest rates for EH National Bank are not listed on the website. To find out the rates you must call and speak with a customer service representative. You must also contact a representative to see the disclosure forms on the accounts. It is not listed how much money is required to keep in the money market, savings, or interest-bearing checking account.
EH National Bank checking accounts do not have a regular monthly fee. The fee comes if you make more than a set amount of withdrawals or deposits each month. After the allowed number, you will be charged for each additional transaction. EH National Bank allows 150 checks or debit transaction per month. If you make more, you are charged $0.30 per item. They allow 100 deposited items each month. After that, it is $0.10 per transaction.
EH National Bank interest rates are low. They are not competitive with other online-only accounts. One EH National Bank checking account earns interest. The rates for the accounts are slightly higher than your typical brick and mortar banks. Their rates are lower than online-only accounts.