Monthly fee

$4.95

$0 a year for an everyday customer: fees and interest, $2,000 kept.

Bank of America · Checking account

Bank of America Advantage SafeBalance Banking for Family Banking

$0 a year for an everyday customer. $4.95 a month. $25 to open.

Checked Nov 8, 2026Updated

A year, everyday customer
$0
Monthly fee
To open

Features

  • Card lock
  • Debit card
  • Minor accounts
  • No overdraft fees
  • Online opening
  • Spending alerts

From the bank’s own pages. A feature not listed may still be offered: we list only what the bank states.

In the bank’s words

Terms

Fees

Monthly fee
$4.95 a monthbankofamerica.com, checked Nov 8, 2026
Ways to avoid the monthly fee
Any one of these:
  • Your child is under age 25
  • You maintain a minimum daily balance of $500 or more in your account
  • An account owner is enrolled in BofA Rewards™ and qualifies for the Preferred Plus, Preferred Honors, or Premier Tier
resources.bankofamerica.com, checked Nov 8, 2026
Minimum to open
$25bankofamerica.com, checked Nov 8, 2026
Overdraft fee
Nonebankofamerica.com, checked Nov 8, 2026
Returned item (NSF) fee
Nonebankofamerica.com, checked Nov 8, 2026
Out-of-network ATM fee
$2.50bankofamerica.com, checked Nov 8, 2026
International ATM fee
$5bankofamerica.com, checked Nov 8, 2026
Foreign transaction fee (debit card)
3%bankofamerica.com, checked Nov 8, 2026
Incoming domestic wire
$15bankofamerica.com, checked Nov 8, 2026
Outgoing domestic wire
$30bankofamerica.com, checked Nov 8, 2026
Incoming international wire
$15bankofamerica.com, checked Nov 8, 2026
Outgoing international wire
$45bankofamerica.com, checked Nov 8, 2026
Stop payment
$30bankofamerica.com, checked Nov 8, 2026

Who can open it

Where
Anywhere in the USbankofamerica.com, checked Nov 8, 2026
Minimum age
18bankofamerica.com, checked Nov 8, 2026

FDIC-insured, up to $250,000 per depositor, per ownership category: FDIC BankFind.

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