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.
Most of the BankDirect accounts have a low amount required to open the account. BankDirect checking accounts only require $500 to open. Both BankDirect money market accounts require $500 to open. The basic savings account only requires $100 to open.
BankDirect does not own any ATMs; they reimburse their customers the ATM fees. The first four ATM withdrawals per statement cycle are refunded. The refunds are up to $2.50 per transaction. There is a withdrawal limit of $500 from an ATM each day.
BankDirect offers a variety of personal deposit accounts. There are three different checking accounts and two different money market accounts. There are a variety of different CD terms available. BankDirect offers one savings account. There are no business accounts available.
The BankDirect Money Market Plus account offers a competitive interest rate. BankDirect also offers a mileage money market account. This account earns American Airline miles. Both MMA require $500 to open. The mileage money market account earns much lower interest rates. You earn miles instead of interest. There is no monthly fee for either account.
To earn the high rates offered on the BankDirect Money Market Plus account you must have $10,000 in the account. Amounts under $10,000 do not earn any interest. Only $500 is required to open this account, but to earn any interest requires $10,000.
BankDirect offers a variety of different CD terms. The required amount to open any of the CDs is $10,000. There is no monthly fee. The interest rates for CDs are competitive. The 12-month, 18-months, 24-months and 36-month CDs offer the most competitive rates. To open a mileage CD also requires $10,000.
Two of the BankDirect checking accounts have monthly fees. The interest and mileage checking accounts both have a monthly fee. The fee is waived for the interest checking account if you have at least $2,500 in the account. The mileage checking does not list a way to waive that monthly fee.
Opening an account with BankDirect is not entirely online. To open an account, you must fill out the application online, then print off part and mail it in. You will then receive a welcome kit within one to two weeks. Once you get your kit, you can finish setting up your account.