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Checking

The cash management convenience you need

Choose one of our basic checking accounts or consider simplifying your finances by taking advantage of checking features inside an Ameriprise ONE® Financial Account. You'll discover a convenient solution to managing your cash.

All our checking accounts offer access to your funds when and where you want - online, by phone, by mail or through our national network of ATMs, 24 hours a day.1 Through our checking accounts, you'll also enjoy the convenience of online bill pay.

Which checking option is right for you?

Features

Ameriprise ONE® Financial Account

Ameriprise® Interest Checking1

Ameriprise® Standard Checking1

Check writing

Free, unlimited check writing Yes Yes Yes
First order of checks free Yes Yes Yes
Check images Available online With monthly statement With monthly statement

Ameriprise Debit MasterCard®
Make purchases wherever MasterCard® cards are accepted — over 25 million locations worldwide.2

Issued by Ameriprise Bank, FSB pursuant to a license from MasterCard International Incorporated

Yes

Earn Ameriprise Rewards points on each purchase made with this card.

Rewards points redeemable for:

  • Up to 1% cash back into an Ameriprise brokerage account or
  • 1.5% toward a financial plan
  • Rewards catalog

Yes

Yes

Online bill pay
Make unlimited free payments on a one-time or recurring basis.6

Yes

Yes

Yes

ATM access
No surcharge for cash withdrawals at more than 21,000 ATM locations with MasterCard ATM Alliance logo.3

Access to more than 1 million ATMs in over 210 countries. Ameriprise does not impose fees for using ATMs outside of the ATM network. Fees may be imposed by other banks.

Find ATMs

Yes

Ameriprise Achiever Circle members:
Plus rebate of up to 5 surcharges imposed by other banks per month, up to $10 per month.

Ameriprise Achiever Circle Elite members:
Plus rebate of all surcharges imposed by other banks.

Yes

Surcharges imposed by other banks rebated automatically up to four times per month, up to $1.50 per transaction

Yes

Interest rate4

Cash account rates

Cash account rates

Not Applicable     

Annual percentage yield5

Cash account rates

Cash account rates

Not Applicable     

Free unlimited online access to internet banking

Yes

Yes

Yes

Download to Quicken® or Microsoft Money®

Yes

Yes

Yes

Phone banking

Free, unlimited

Yes

Yes

Yes

Minimum opening balance7

No minimum required
$500 in cash or securities to activate Ameriprise ONE Financial Account
features

$100

$100

Overdraft protection

Personal line of credit ($5,000 maximum)8

Yes

Yes

Yes

Fees9

All Ameriprise ONE Financial Account features are covered by the quarterly account maintenance fee.

$9 monthly fee waived if you:

1. Maintain an average minimum balance of $2,500 in this account

OR

2. Maintain average minimum combined balances of $5,000 in the following accounts: money market, checking, savings and outstanding balances on Ameriprise Bank, FSB unsecured lines of credit

$9 monthly fee waived if you:

1. Maintain an average minimum balance of $1,500 in this account

OR

2. Maintain average minimum combined balances of $2,500 in the following accounts: money market, checking, savings and outstanding balances on Ameriprise Bank, FSB unsecured lines of credit

FDIC insured

An insured money market account sweep option is FDIC insured up to $2.5 million per depositor across all Program Banks combined.10

Yes, up to $250,000 per depositor.11

Yes, up to $250,000 per depositor.11

How to apply

Contact an Ameriprise financial advisor

Apply online

Apply online

1 These products are not available to business customers. Advisors have limited access to set up and manage these accounts.

2 Your daily debit card purchase limit is $2,500 per business day.

3 All other ATM owners may assess fees. Withdrawals limited to $1,000 per business day.

4 Interest rate is effective as of 01/08/2008. At our discretion, we may change the interest rate at any time without notice. Fees may reduce earnings.

5 APY = Annual Percentage Yield. APY is effective as of 01/08/2008. At our discretion, we may change the APY at any time without notice. Penalties and fees may reduce earnings.

6 Court-ordered payments and tax payments may not be made through online bill pay.

7 A $500 deposit is required to activate Ameriprise ONE Financial Account features. Maximum deposit of $500,000 per depositor.

8 Subject to credit approval.

9 Fees may reduce earnings.

10 Ameriprise Insured Money Market Account (AIMMA) is an FDIC-insured product offered by Ameriprise Financial Services, Inc. and held in an omnibus account(s) at one or more FDIC-member banks (collectively, the "Program Banks"). The Program Banks may serve individually as custodians for all or a portion of the assets held within your AIMMA, as described in the AIMMA Terms and Conditions section of your Ameriprise Brokerage Client Agreement. To view the AIMMA Terms and Conditions, you can visit our website at ameriprise.com/nqclientagreement for non-qualified accounts or ameriprise.com/qclientagreement for qualified accounts, or call our service line at (800) 297-7378 to obtain a copy.

Ameriprise Bank, FSB is a participant bank in the AIMMA program and any funds deposited into Ameriprise Bank via the AIMMA sweep option are FDIC insured up to $250,000. Any other deposits you may make to a participating program bank made outside of AIMMA will be combined for purposes of determining the level of FDIC coverage per depositor at that specific bank, including Ameriprise Bank. You are responsible for monitoring the total amount of funds they hold at each Bank in order to insure that your total deposits are within FDIC guidelines and fully insured.

FDIC deposit insurance has temporarily increased from $100,000 to $250,000 per depositor. Effective February 1, 2009 AIMMA will carry FDIC protection up to $2.5 million per individual depositor (up to $5 million for joint accounts). This temporary increase in coverage is in effect through at least December 31, 2013 when it may revert back to $1 million per depositor ($2 million for joint accounts). Deposit products are not covered by the Securities Investor Protection Corporation (SIPC).

If your account is a qualified discretionary account (e.g. SPS Advantage limited discretionary trading; separately managed account; or Active Portfolios® account) and AIMMA is your sweep option, you should be aware that your funds will be swept into a single bank, Ameriprise Bank, FSB. All of your available cash balances will be deposited at Ameriprise Bank without limit. Your funds will be FDIC insured up to a maximum of $250,000, and any amount deposited above $250,000 will not be covered by FDIC deposit insurance. You are responsible for monitoring the total amount of funds you hold at Ameriprise Bank in the same insurable capacity in order to insure that your total deposits are within FDIC guid elines. Any references throughout the AIMMA terms and conditions to a multi-bank model are not applicable if your account is in one of the product and ownership types noted above. AIMMA is a single bank model with a maximum of $250,000 FDIC coverage for these accounts.

Each account will earn a rate of interest that is tiered based on the balance in your Ameriprise Insured Money Market Account. The rate can fluctuate daily depending on market conditions. The balance tiers are as follows: $0 - $4,999.99; $5,000 - $24,999.99; $25,000 - $49,999.99; $50,000 - $99,999.99, $100,000+. APYs offered within two or more consecutive tiers may be the same and bear a reasonable rate of interest. When this is the case, those multiple tiers with the same rates will be shown as a single tier. Each tier reflects the current minimum balance required to obtain the applicable APY. For the specific rates, please see the tiered rate chart. Call (800) 297-7378 for the current prevailing rates. The daily balance method will be used to calculate interest in your account. Interest is compounded daily and credited monthly. There is no minimum period that money must remain on deposit and consequently, there is no penalty for withdrawals of your entire balance or any part thereof at any time without notice. Debit and cash balances will be swept daily in and out of the Ameriprise Insured Money Market Account.

11 FDIC deposit insurance has been temporarily increased from $100,000 to $250,000 per depositor through December 31, 2013. Funds held in an identified FDIC insurable capacity will be FDIC insured up to a maximum of $250,000 at a single bank, and any amount deposited above $250,000 will not be covered by FDIC deposit insurance.

View the FDIC web site to learn how deposit insurance works.

The Ameriprise ONE® Financial Account is a brokerage account with cash management features. Brokerage, investment and financial advisory services are made available through Ameriprise Financial Services, Inc. Member FINRA and SIPC. Some products and services described may not be available in all jurisdictions or to all clients.

Ameriprise Bank, FSB, Member FDIC, is an Equal Housing Lender. Ameriprise Bank provides certain deposit, lending and personal trust products and services to Ameriprise Financial Services, Inc. Ameriprise Bank and Ameriprise Financial Services are subsidiaries of Ameriprise Financial, Inc. Ameriprise financial advisors may receive compensation for offering bank products.

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