Monthly fee

$4.95

−$59 a year for an everyday customer: fees and interest, $2,000 kept.

Mercantile Bank · Checking account

Mercantile MercStart Fresh Checking

−$59 a year for an everyday customer. $4.95 a month.

Checked Nov 8, 2026Updated

A year, everyday customer
−$59
Monthly fee
To open
Not stated

Against the market

How it ranks

#518of 1043 checking accounts, by a year’s value for an everyday customer

All 1043 checking accounts, ranked

Features

  • Budgeting tools
  • Debit card
  • Free checks
  • No minimum balance
  • No overdraft fees
  • Overdraft protection transfer

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 monthmercbank.com, checked Nov 8, 2026
Overdraft fee
Nonemercbank.com, checked Nov 8, 2026
Returned item (NSF) fee
Nonemercbank.com, checked Nov 8, 2026
Overdraft transfer fee
$5mercbank.com, checked Nov 8, 2026
Most overdraft fees in a day
0mercbank.com, checked Nov 8, 2026
Incoming domestic wire
$10mercbank.com, checked Nov 8, 2026
Outgoing domestic wire
$30mercbank.com, checked Nov 8, 2026
Incoming international wire
$10mercbank.com, checked Nov 8, 2026
Outgoing international wire
$75mercbank.com, checked Nov 8, 2026
Inactivity fee
Nonemercbank.com, checked Nov 8, 2026
Early closure fee
Nonemercbank.com, checked Nov 8, 2026
Cashier’s check
$5mercbank.com, checked Nov 8, 2026
Stop payment
$32mercbank.com, checked Nov 8, 2026
Card replacement
$9.95mercbank.com, checked Nov 8, 2026

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

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