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What is Overdraft Protection?

Educate yourself on bank overdraft protection services

Typically, when you overdraw your account, your payment is either denied or you face extra fees. With the help of Overdraft Protection from Citizens Bank, you can minimize these unexpected issues. We offer an Overdraft Line of Credit and Overdraft Protection from Savings so you can rest assured that your payments will be covered. See which solution is best for you.

Overdraft Plans Product Features
Overdraft Line of Credit *
  • Line of credit attached to your checking account
  • Protection against large overdrafts
  • Convenient automatic advances into your checking account
  • $30 annual fee, $10 each day a transfer occurs
    Annual fee waived for Circle Gold customers.
Overdraft Protection from Savings **
  • Automatic transfers from a savings account
  • Protection against overdrafts using your own funds
  • $30 annual fee–waived for Circle Gold customers.

What you should know about overdraft protection***

Learn more about Citizens Bank’s overdraft protection management and all of the services and solutions offered to help you monitor your money more closely and save on fees.


 

 

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* The annual fee is waived for Circle Gold Customers. See banker for Overdraft Line of Credit Agreement and Account Opening Disclosure for more information on applicable rates and fees.

** See a banker for the Personal Deposit Account Agreement Section C.6 [a] for important information about transaction limitations on your savings account.

*** Standard Overdraft Practices: Standard Overdraft Practices come with your account. We may authorize and pay transactions you make by check, other transactions using your checking account number, and automated bill payments if you do not have enough money in your account. If we pay one of these transactions you will be charged an Overdraft/Insufficient Funds Fee. You can choose how we treat your ATM and Everyday Debit Card transactions that will overdraw your account. If you ask us, we will at our discretion authorize and pay ATM and Everyday Debit Card transactions when you do not have enough money in your account. Overdraft/Insufficient Funds Fees will apply. If you do not want us to pay these transactions, or if you do not make a decision at account opening, we will decline ATM and Everyday Debit Card transactions when you do not have enough money in your account. You will not be charge Overdraft/Insufficient Fund fees in that event. If we pay a transaction that overdraws your account (or return an item, such as a check, that would otherwise overdraw your account) we will charge you a fee per item (for check, in-person withdrawal, ATM withdrawal, point-of-sale transaction, or other paper, electronic, or any type of transaction or debit whether paid or returned). We will charge $22 per item for the first day that you are overdrawn but after that we will charge $37 per item. We will limit the total number of these per item fees charged on any one day to seven per day. Once you have overdrawn your account you must bring your account to a positive balance immediately. If your account remains overdrawn for three consecutive business days, we will charge a Sustained Overdraft Fee of $6.99 per day on the 4th business day and each day thereafter up to and including the 13th business day. Overdrafts are paid at our discretion. Meaning, we reserve the right to choose not to pay any item that would overdraw your account. For example, we may not pay an overdraft when your account is not in good standing, or if the overdraft request is for an excessive amount. Also, we reserve the right to not pay any item that would overdraw your account or that would draw against insufficient available funds. For alternate ways to manage overdrafts on your account please go to citizensbank.com/overdraft or speak to a banker at your local branch.

Subject to approval.

Other fees may apply.