Monthly fee

$50

−$600 a year for an everyday customer: fees and interest, $2,000 kept.

HSBC Bank USA · Checking account

HSBC Premier checking

−$600 a year for an everyday customer. $50 a month.

Checked Nov 8, 2026Updated

A year, everyday customer
−$600
Monthly fee
To open
Not stated

Offer

Bonus

$2,500

With a current customer’s referral

HSBC Share the Experience

Open a qualifying HSBC Premier checking account and complete qualifying activities; one-time bonus of up to $2,500.

Against the market

How it ranks

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

All 1043 checking accounts, ranked

Features

  • Branch access
  • Instant external transfers
  • Joint accounts
  • Live chat
  • Online opening

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
$50 a monthus.hsbc.com, checked Nov 8, 2026
Ways to avoid the monthly fee
Any one of these:
  • $100,000 total relationship balance
  • $5,000 monthly direct deposits
  • HSBC U.S. mortgage
  • Private Bank status
us.hsbc.com, checked Nov 8, 2026

Who can open it

Availability
Located in one of these countries (subject to change)us.hsbc.com, checked Nov 8, 2026
Minimum age
18us.hsbc.com, checked Nov 8, 2026

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

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