Monthly fee
$10
$0 a year for an everyday customer: fees and interest, $2,000 kept.
Cathay Bank · Checking account
Cathay checking
$0 a year for an everyday customer. $10 a month. $100 to open.
- A year, everyday customer
- $0
- Monthly fee
- Receipt · Monthly feeChecked Nov 8, 2026
Issuer's page · cathaybank.com
The source states this figure; we have no exact sentence on file yet.
- To open
- Receipt · Minimum to openChecked Nov 8, 2026
Issuer's page · cathaybank.com
The source states this figure; we have no exact sentence on file yet.
Against the market
How it ranks
#261of 1043 checking accounts, by a year’s value for an everyday customer
All 1043 checking accounts, rankedFeatures
- Bill pay
- Check writing
- Debit card
- Free checks
- Joint accounts
- Zelle
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
- $10 a monthcathaybank.com, checked Nov 8, 2026
- Ways to avoid the monthly fee
- Any one of these:
- maintain a minimum daily balance of $1,000 in the account
- qualifying direct deposit of $100 or more in total each monthly statement cycle
- Minimum to open
- $100cathaybank.com, checked Nov 8, 2026
- ATM network
- PLUS®, VISA®, STAR®, MoneyPass® Networkscathaybank.com, checked Nov 8, 2026
FDIC-insured, up to $250,000 per depositor, per ownership category: FDIC BankFind.
Rates and fees change; the bank’s own page is the final word. Report a mistake · How we make money · Not stated: 1 item counted at typical fees