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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;CamaroDMD, post: 1262324, member: 5233&quot;]This is becoming extremely common at banks today.&nbsp; I worked at US Bank a few years ago and they had the same policy...except it was $5 for any check more than $100.&nbsp; We were required to get a thumb print and charge a $5 fee.&nbsp; I personally thought it was corporate theft and a cheap way to make a buck.&nbsp; Nobody knew this, but I waved the fee more often than not because it was wrong.&nbsp; We were told to use it as a way to try and get new accounts (which sounded like extortion to me) and if they didn&#039;t want to open the account they weren&#039;t our customers and we should charge them.</p><p><br /></p><p>Banks have so many fees it&#039;s insane.&nbsp; Te account I opened there when I was an employee was a &quot;free checking account&quot; meaning as long as I didn&#039;t overdraw the account there were no fees (except if I bought checks).&nbsp; Well, I got a letter the other day saying that now there is a minimal balance fee...if the balance is below $2000 (it might be $1500...I can&#039;t remember).&nbsp; But for a student, that&#039;s a lot of money.&nbsp; The minute I graduate and no longer receive my living stipend through direct deposit...I&#039;m closing every account I have with them and going to a credit union.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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