Most banks in the Unites States require you to be 18 years or older to open an account soley in your name. Some banks may allow you to open savings accounts at a lesser age, but you must be 18 or older to negotiate checks and therefore open a checking account. You can however have an adult open the account with you if your younger.
that last part about having an adult open an account for you, I would check with the bank in question because I know when I tried to get my nephew to open an account with his mom the bank said the account would be VERY limited on what it could do. For example if he wanted to set up a stock purchase with monthly withdrawls it could not be used for that. No wonder our kids today dont know how to save for the future. Paul
