Citizens Checking Accounts

Choose the account that's right for you. With features like Citizens Paid Early® which lets you get paid sooner—up to 2 days early.1

One Deposit Checking from Citizens®

A simple solution for everyday banking.

Overdraft

  • Get extra time to cover overdrafts with Citizens Peace of Mind®2

Monthly Maintenance Fee

  • $0.00 or $9.99
  • Waive the monthly maintenance fee when you make one deposit each statement period

Citizens Quest® Checking

Grow your relationship with extra features and exclusive benefits with the CitizensPlus® loyalty program.*

Overdraft

  • Get extra time to cover overdrafts with Citizens Peace of Mind®2
  • No fees on overdraft plans3
  • No overdraft charged on a first occurrence each year with Citizens Fee Relief™

Monthly Maintenance Fee

  • $0.00 or $25.00
  • Waive the monthly maintenance fee when you either: Make $5,000 in total deposits to your primary checking each statement period OR Maintain $25,000 in monthly combined deposits and investments**

Citizens Private Client® Checking

Access premium benefits available only to Private Clients with the CitizensPlus® loyalty program.*

Overdraft

  • Get extra time to cover overdrafts with Citizens Peace of Mind®2
  • No fees on overdraft plans3
  • No overdraft charged on a first occurrence each year with Citizens Fee Relief™

Monthly Maintenance Fee

  • $0.00
  • Maintain $200,000 in combined deposits and investments** to qualify

Citizens EverValue Checking®

Everyday value, no overdraft fees

Overdraft

  • No overdraft fees4
  • No fees on overdraft plans3

Monthly Maintenance Fee

  • $5.00
  • This fee cannot be waived

Account Details

Open Account

Student Checking

Under 25, and ready to start your financial journey

Overdraft

  • No overdraft fees5
  • No fees on overdraft plans3

Monthly Maintenance Fee

  • $0.00
  • There is no fee if you're under age 256

Account Details

Open Account

Checking Account FAQs

© Citizens Financial Group, Inc. All rights reserved. Citizens is a brand name of Citizens Bank, N.A. Member FDIC

** Please be aware that securities, insurance products, and investment advisory services offered by Citizens Securities, Inc. and Clarfeld Financial Advisors, LLC (both affiliates of Citizens Bank, N.A.) are different from those offered by the bank and are subject to investment risk, including possible loss of principal.

* CitizensPlus® benefits cannot be applied in addition to other promotional benefits or discounts that we may offer from time to time. In order to qualify or maintain CitizensPlus, you must maintain an open and active Citizens Quest® or Citizens Private Client® Checking account. We may evaluate accounts periodically to determine qualifications and have the right to remove benefits based on failure to meet qualifications. Benefits subject to change.

1 If you are a Citizens Personal Checking, Savings or Money Market account customer that has set up a direct deposit with a payor, you may be able to get that direct deposit up to two days early with Citizens Paid Early®. Whether a direct deposit is eligible for Paid Early is at our discretion and we cannot guarantee that you will always receive the Paid Early service.

2 Citizens Peace of Mind®: Citizens Peace of Mind provides additional time to bring your account to a positive available balance and reverse Overdraft Fees. If your account is overdrawn, you have up until 10:00 PM ET the following business day (e.g., if your account is overdrawn at the end of the day Monday, you have until 10:00 PM ET Tuesday) to deposit enough funds to cover all of the overdraft items (minus the fees), and any additional transactions that post to the account that day. If the available balance, excluding the overdraft fees, is positive (greater than or equal to $0) at the end of the following business day, any overdraft fees will be reversed. When determining the amount you need to deposit to take advantage of Citizens Peace of Mind, you can check your balance in the Citizens mobile app or Online Banking and then consider transactions that may post to your account that day - such as checks or other debits. As we do not see these transactions until they are presented for payments, only you know what transactions may post to your account and how much you need to deposit. A deposit that only partially covers transactions or overdraft items will not result in a fee reversal. All deposits are subject to our Funds Availability schedule. This schedule helps you determine when a deposit you make will increase your available balance. For example, some deposits types such as checks drawn on a bank other than Citizens, even if made by 10:00 PM ET the next business day, are not available to cover transactions that day. But a deposit of cash, a Citizens check, or an electronic funds transfer will generally be available to cover the transactions. For information on our Funds Availability Policy, please visit citizensbank.com/overdraft or see your Personal Deposit Account Agreement. Citizens Peace of Mind is available on personal checking accounts. If your account has a linked overdraft transfer plan, these plan transfers will apply before Peace of Mind. Any applicable plan transfer fees are not eligible for Peace of Mind rebates.

IMPORTANT DETAILS ON OVERDRAFT COVERAGE: When we pay a transaction that overdraws your account, we will charge you an Overdraft Fee of $35 per item paid. When we return a check or ACH transaction unpaid because your account had insufficient funds, we will not charge you a fee. We will limit to 5 the number of Overdraft Fees charged on any one business day, up to a total of $175. Once you have overdrawn your account, you must bring it to a positive balance as soon as possible. Whether your overdrafts will be paid is discretionary and we reserve the right not to pay. For example, we typically do not pay overdrafts if your account is not in good standing or if the overdraft amount is excessive.

3 Citizens offers two overdraft plans- Savings Overdraft Transfer Plan and Overdraft Line of Credit. There is no fee for Savings Overdraft Transfer Plan. The $12 transfer fee per day for Overdraft Line of Credit Plan is waived for Student Checking, Citizens EverValue Checking®, Citizens Quest® Checking, Citizens Private Client® Checking and Citizens Private Bank® Checking. There is no transfer fee on any day in which all overdraft transactions are $5 or less or the overdraft plan transfer is $5 or less - $5 Overdraft Pass®. The $30 Annual Fee on Overdraft Line of Credit is waived for Student Checking, Citizens EverValue Checking, Citizens Quest Checking, Citizens Private Client Checking and Citizens Private Bank Checking. The Annual Percentage Rate (APR) for an Overdraft Line of Credit is 21% on all outstanding loan balances. Credit approval is required.

4 Citizens EverValue Checking® account does not come with standard overdraft coverage. So, if you don't have sufficient available funds in your account to cover a transaction, it will be declined and, in the case of checks, bill payments and ACH transactions, the item will be returned unpaid. Overdraft Fees do not apply to Citizens EverValue Checking accounts. While this account is designed to prevent overdrafts, there may be times when your account could have a negative balance. This could happen if a purchase you make is approved for one amount, but the final charge is more than your available balance. If a transaction results in a negative balance on your account, we will not charge you an Overdraft Fee. $5 Overdraft Pass® does not apply and Citizens EverValue Checking accounts are not eligible for Debit Card Overdraft Coverage enrollment. Citizens offers two overdraft plans Savings Overdraft Transfer Plan and Overdraft Line of Credit. There is no fee for Savings Overdraft Transfer Plan. The transfer fee per day and the annual fee on an Overdraft Line of Credit is waived for Citizens EverValue Checking customers. The Annual Percentage Rate (APR) for an Overdraft Line of Credit is 21% on all outstanding loan balances. Credit approval is required.

5 Our Student Checking account does not come with standard overdraft coverage. So, if you don't have sufficient available funds in your account to cover a transaction, it will be declined and, in the case of checks, bill payments and ACH transactions, the item will be returned unpaid. Overdraft fees do not apply to Student Checking accounts. While Student Checking is designed to prevent overdrafts, there may be times when your account could have a negative balance. This could happen if a purchase you make is approved for one amount, but the final charge is more than your available balance. If a transaction results in a negative balance on your account, we will not charge you an Overdraft Fee. $5 Overdraft Pass® does not apply and student checking accounts are not eligible for Debit Card Overdraft Coverage enrollment. Citizens offers two overdraft plans- Savings Overdraft Transfer Plan and Overdraft Line of Credit. There is no fee for Savings Overdraft Transfer Plan. The transfer fee per day and the annual fee on an Overdraft Line of Credit is waived for Student Checking customers. The Annual Percentage Rate (APR) for an Overdraft Line of Credit is 21% on all outstanding loan balances. Credit approval is required.

6 At least one account holder must be under 25 years old. Account will switch to One Deposit Checking from Citizens® when all account owners are age 25 or older.

7 Wireless carrier fees may apply. Banking fees may apply.

8 $5 Overdraft Pass®. No Overdraft Fee will be charged on any overdraft item of $5 or less, including ATM and debit card overdrafts if you are enrolled in Debit Card Overdraft Coverage, or when your account is overdrawn and the total overdrawn amount at the end of the same business day is $5 or less.

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Citizens offers personal checking accounts in the following states: CT, DC, DE, FL, MD, MA, MI, NH, NJ, NY, OH, PA, RI, VT or VA

Citizens Wealth Management (in certain instances DBA Citizens Private Wealth) is a division of Citizens Bank, N.A. ("Citizens"). Securities, insurance, brokerage services, and investment advisory services offered by Citizens Securities, Inc. ("CSI"), a registered broker-dealer and SEC registered investment adviser - Member FINRA/SIPC. Investment advisory services may also be offered by Clarfeld Financial Advisors, LLC ("CFA"), an SEC registered investment adviser, or by unaffiliated members of FINRA and SIPC providing brokerage and custody services to CFA clients (see Form ADV for details). Insurance products may also be offered by Estate Preservation Services, LLC ("EPS") or an unaffiliated party. CSI, CFA and EPS are affiliates of Citizens. Banking products and trust services offered by Citizens.

SECURITIES, INVESTMENTS AND INSURANCE PRODUCTS ARE SUBJECT TO RISK, INCLUDING PRINCIPAL AMOUNT INVESTED, AND ARE:
· NOT FDIC INSURED · NOT BANK GUARANTEED · NOT A DEPOSIT · NOT INSURED BY ANY FEDERAL GOVERNMENT AGENCY · MAY LOSE VALUE

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