Monthly fee

$5

−$60 a year for an everyday customer: fees and interest, $2,000 kept.

First Horizon Bank · Checking account

First Horizon Essential Checking

−$60 a year for an everyday customer. $5 a month. $25 to open.

Checked Nov 8, 2026Updated

A year, everyday customer
−$60
Monthly fee
To open

Against the market

How it ranks

#735of 1043 checking accounts, by a year’s value for an everyday customer

All 1043 checking accounts, ranked

Features

  • Branch access
  • Card lock
  • Mobile check deposit
  • No minimum balance
  • Online opening
  • Spending alerts
  • 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
$5 a monthfirsthorizon.com, checked Nov 8, 2026
Ways to avoid the monthly fee
The monthly service charge is refunded within three (3) business days if the primary account owner is 18-24 years old.firsthorizon.com, checked Nov 8, 2026
Minimum to open
$25firsthorizon.com, checked Nov 8, 2026
Overdraft fee
$35firsthorizon.com, checked Nov 8, 2026
Returned item (NSF) fee
Nonefirsthorizon.com, checked Nov 8, 2026
Most overdraft fees in a day
3firsthorizon.com, checked Nov 8, 2026
Fee for each withdrawal over the limit
$2firsthorizon.com, checked Nov 8, 2026
ATM network
First Horizon ATMs; non-First Horizon ATM owners or networks may charge a feefirsthorizon.com, checked Nov 8, 2026
Out-of-network ATM fee
Nonefirsthorizon.com, checked Nov 8, 2026
International ATM fee
Nonefirsthorizon.com, checked Nov 8, 2026
Paper statements
$2 a monthfirsthorizon.com, checked Nov 8, 2026

Who can open it

Minimum age
18firsthorizon.com, checked Nov 8, 2026

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

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