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Citizens Quest® Checking

Extra features without extra fees.

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A checking account with elevated benefits

Our Citizens Quest relationship allows you to bank easier with no fee for additional services, personalized guidance and CitizensPlus® benefits*. No monthly maintenance fee when you make $5,000 in total deposits to your primary checking account each statement period OR maintain $25,000 monthly combined deposit and investment balances^^ across your linked accounts. Otherwise a $25.00 monthly maintenance fee will apply.

Personalized advice

You are the priority. Get a dedicated team of financial professionals. Includes your Citizens Banker, Citizens Quest agents, and the Citizens Securities Financial Advice Center.

Exclusive credit card annual fee waivers1

$200 fee waiver ($95 Annual Fee^) for customers that maintain a Citizens Quest® Checking Account relationship.

^Important information about rates, fees, and cash back eligibility

Better deposit rates2

At least 25% higher rates on Citizens Quest® Savings and Money Market accounts than One Deposit Savings.

Checking + Savings

Maximize your relationship by opening your Citizens Quest Checking and Savings accounts together. Open your savings account with any amount and pay no monthly maintenance fee.

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Checking + Money Market

Watch your savings grow when you open a Quest Money Market account with your Citizens Quest Checking account. Your money market account won't have a monthly maintenance fee and you'll earn a competitive yield.

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Features

Overdraft solutions

No overdraft fee4 charged on a first overdraft occurrence each year with Citizens Fee Relief™, plus get extra time to cover future overdraft charges with Citizens Peace of Mind®4, 5.

24/7 banking

Bank anytime, anywhere with Online, and Mobile Banking.6

Citizens Paid Early®

Get paid up to 2 days early when you have direct deposit7. No need to sign up and it's absolutely free.

3 easy steps to open your account online

1. Have these ready

  • Driver's License/State ID
  • Social Security Number
  • Email Address
  • Phone Number

2. Fill out the application

  • Follow the simple instructions to complete your application

3. Make an opening deposit

  • Choose how to fund your opening deposit. Use a debit card or transfer from another bank
  • Submit the application

Citizens Quest Checking 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 Annual Fee per Account. No additional fee for Authorized User(s). $200 Fee Waiver ($95 Annual Fee) for customers that maintain a Citizens Quest Checking Account relationship. $295 Fee Waiver ($0 Annual Fee) for customers that maintain a Private Bank and/or Private Client Checking Account relationship. Cardholder must have stated Citizens Account relationship at Credit Card Account Opening and at each subsequent Account anniversary date in order for the waiver to apply. Otherwise, the full Annual Fee will be charged to the Account. Account relationship will be assessed periodically. The Annual Fee for new credit card customers is charged on the second statement cycle, and each subsequent Annual Fee will be charged on the card's anniversary date. The Annual Fee for existing Citizens cardholders is charged on the card's anniversary date.

The Citizens Summit Reserve World Elite Mastercard Reward Program: You will earn 3% Rewards Points for every dollar you spend on eligible purchases made in the restaurant, grocery store (excluding Walmart® and select superstores), and entertainment (including streaming services) merchant categories with your Citizens Summit Reserve™ World Elite Mastercard®. You will earn 1.5% Reward Points for every dollar you spend on all other eligible net purchases with no limits, as long as your account is in good standing. A Card account is in good standing if your Card is open and has charging privileges. Purchases are submitted and categorized by the merchant. Merchants are assigned a merchant code, which is determined by the merchant, or its processor based on the products and services they primarily sell. Citizens does not choose the merchant code or control how purchases are classified. A purchase will not receive the additional Reward Points if the merchant's code is not eligible. This Rewards Program is governed by the terms and conditions set forth in the Reward Guide. You will receive the Reward Guide when your account is opened. The Reward Guide will explain the program, including the following: A) Earn cash back rewards on all eligible net purchases. A net purchase is the amount of a purchase less any credits, returns and adjustments. Certain transactions do not qualify for cash back rewards. For example, balance transfers, cash advances, account fees or charges, interest charges, life insurance charges, money orders, wire transfers, lottery tickets, gambling charges, or unauthorized charges to your account do not earn cash back rewards. Please refer to your Reward Guide for complete program terms and conditions. B) Cash Back Rewards will not expire as long as your credit card account is in good standing, and you make an eligible purchase once every twelve (12) months. C) Program subject to change. D) You are solely responsible for any taxes that may be owed as a result of cash back rewards earned and/or redeemed under this card. Please consult your tax advisor. E) Other terms may apply and will be included in the Agreement.

As of 7/1/2025. Features and rules subject to change without notice. Restrictions may apply. See website for terms and additional information.

2 Better Deposit Rates: CitizensPlus deposit rate benefits are compared to One Deposit Savings and exclude certificate of deposit (CD) rates. Citizens Quest® and Citizens Private Client® deposit rate benefits through the CitizensPlus program do not apply to other promotional rate offers and only applies to Citizens Quest and Citizens Private Client Savings and Money Market accounts.

3 Rates accurate as of #Json=Label_Lookup|Brand=citizensbank|TargetElementType=span|TargetElementId=dropdown|Key=currentDate# and subject to change before or after account opening ( #Json=Label_Lookup|Brand=citizensbank|TargetElementType=span|TargetElementId=|Key=Region Label#). Rates apply to new accounts and may not apply to existing accounts. The variable Annual Percentage Yield (APY) is subject to increase or decrease daily after account opening without notice. Rates are not tied to an index and are subject to change at the bank's discretion. Other fees may apply. Fees may reduce earnings.

4 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.

5 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.

6 Wireless carrier, text and/or data charges may apply.

7 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.

Credit cards are issued by Citizens Bank, N.A. pursuant to license by Mastercard International Incorporated.

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Banking products are offered through Citizens Bank, N.A. ("CBNA"). For deposit products, Member FDIC.

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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