Wells Fargo starting to charge for checking accounts

[A3]

I didn't get that message yet - is it coming?  I still have crown banking ?

+1

Did it come yet?
So far I still have free banking with free checks.

Except I hate their new safety deposit box sign in policy and they are very unorganized.

[chaimmayer]

Did it come yet?

It hasn't.  I also got my mortgage through Wachovia - which is also now wells fargo obviously and I recently started getting fees even though I was paying my mortgage using their bill pay.  I spoke to the manager and he explained to me that I needed to be paying the mortgage using "transfers" and that would avoid the fees.  So maybe because I am paying my mortgage through them that's why I am avoiding the fees but I didn't get a letter.
Did you get a paper letter also or just a message from them?

[Chaikel]

It hasn't.  I also got my mortgage through Wachovia - which is also now wells fargo obviously and I recently started getting fees even though I was paying my mortgage using their bill pay.  I spoke to the manager and he explained to me that I needed to be paying the mortgage using "transfers" and that would avoid the fees.  So maybe because I am paying my mortgage through them that's why I am avoiding the fees but I didn't get a letter.
Did you get a paper letter also or just a message from them?

Just a msg. And it didn't even show up as new msg. When I click on SM I saw one dated 4/17

[time]

I'm not positive, but i believe if you set up a savings acct. and set up an automatic transfer between the two accts. every month you can keep it free.  I do it with $25 I assume it could be anything

[yitzf]

same here i HATE Wells Fargo! I had a Wachovia account and was happy... Now I'm banking at chase, and savings are in Fidelity

Doesn't Chase have fees too? What do you gain with Chase? (besides for exclusives)

[oldguy]

Doesn't Chase have fees too? What do you gain with Chase? (besides for exclusives)

With a Chase Business account you get 3 more premiere accounts free

And to keep the business account free there are a few things, The easiest is prob to spend 1K on a Chase Business CC

[Lou Bob]

Called last night. This is what I was told...student acct still free. Way to save checking account fee ($12/month minus $2/month for signup to online statements) can be waived with any 10 transactions on the statement(or $750 dd, or maintain average $2000 in account)

[Lou Bob]

This fee starts may 4

[MarkS]

Called last night. This is what I was told...student acct still free. Way to save checking account fee ($12/month minus $2/month for signup to online statements) can be waived with any 10 transactions on the statement(or $750 dd, or maintain average $2000 in account)

My account is a student account and I still got the message about the fees.....

[yitzf]

My account is a student account and I still got the message about the fees.....

Probably depends on the the state

[MarkS]

My account is a student account and I still got the message about the fees.....

I just called. When my Wachovia student account rolled into a Wells Fargo account they turned it into a Wells Fargo Essential Checking Account. At the time there was no difference between the 2, but with the new fee there is a difference only in regard to the fee.

They said if I go into a branch and show proof of enrollment in College they will switch it back over to a student (fee free) account.

[smart brit]

Not true for existing accounts. Only for new accounts.

I'm a capital one user from northgork days and still I got the letter in the mail saying about the new changes

[meshugener]

Hmmm, what type of account do you have? What state did you open the account in?

[smart brit]

Hmmm, what type of account do you have? What state did you open the account in?

im in nyc and have an account with them since northfork days they call it now completely free checking

[meshugener]

I got the free rewards checking  account in NYC, but if you open it today they'll charge ya a monthly service fee, if you opened the acc before the new fee, you still have it free.