APY

0.05%

As of Nov 8, 2026. Rates are variable.

Equity Bank · Checking account

Equity Preferred Checking

$1 a year for an everyday customer. $10 a month. $100 to open.

Checked Nov 8, 2026Updated

A year, everyday customer
$1
APY
Monthly fee
To open

Against the market

How it ranks

#41of 1043 checking accounts, by a year’s value for an everyday customer

All 1043 checking accounts, ranked

Features

  • Bill pay
  • Interest bearing

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

Rate conditions

Balance needed for the APY
$2,000equitybank.com, checked Nov 8, 2026
To earn the APY
Minimum balance of $2,000equitybank.com, checked Nov 8, 2026
Interest compounds
Compounded monthly, credited to accountequitybank.com, checked Nov 8, 2026

Fees

Monthly fee
$10 a monthequitybank.com, checked Nov 8, 2026
Ways to avoid the monthly fee
$10 waived if minimum daily balance is metequitybank.com, checked Nov 8, 2026
Minimum to open
$100equitybank.com, checked Nov 8, 2026
Overdraft fee
$34.98equitybank.com, checked Nov 8, 2026
Returned item (NSF) fee
$34.98equitybank.com, checked Nov 8, 2026
Overdraft transfer fee
$10equitybank.com, checked Nov 8, 2026
Most overdraft fees in a day
5equitybank.com, checked Nov 8, 2026
ATM network
Pulse, PLUS, and Cirrusequitybank.com, checked Nov 8, 2026
Incoming domestic wire
$10equitybank.com, checked Nov 8, 2026
Outgoing domestic wire
$20equitybank.com, checked Nov 8, 2026
Incoming international wire
$50equitybank.com, checked Nov 8, 2026
Outgoing international wire
$50equitybank.com, checked Nov 8, 2026
Paper statements
$5 a monthequitybank.com, checked Nov 8, 2026
Inactivity fee
$5equitybank.com, checked Nov 8, 2026
Early closure fee
$25equitybank.com, checked Nov 8, 2026
Cashier’s check
$5equitybank.com, checked Nov 8, 2026
Stop payment
$34.98equitybank.com, checked Nov 8, 2026
Card replacement
$5equitybank.com, checked Nov 8, 2026

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

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