Your First Account
Learn the basics, like how to open a checking account
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Banking Basics
You’re opening your first bank account! Excited and slightly disoriented at the same time? You’re not alone. This is new territory, after all. To help you get the lay of the land, we pulled together some answers to a handful of questions new customers typically have.
Banking Basics FAQs
CHECKING
Cash checks, score rewards, protect your identity or just get the not-so-basic basics.
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