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Dfcu FinancialChecking accountChecked Oct 10, 2026Updated

Dfcu Financial Simplicity Checking

$5monthly fee
A year for an everyday customer
$0 fees and interest, $2,000 kept
To open
$20 to open
On our list
#400 of 986 checking accounts, by a year’s value for an everyday customer
Visit Dfcu FinancialThe bank’s own page · checked Oct 10, 2026

Fees

Monthly fee
$5 a monthSource · checked Oct 10, 2026
Ways to avoid the monthly fee
Any one of these:
  • maintain a minimum average daily balance of $100.00 in this Account each month
  • make 5 debit card transactions a month
Source · checked Oct 10, 2026
Minimum to open
$20Source · checked Oct 10, 2026
Overdraft fee
$32Source · checked Oct 10, 2026
Returned item (NSF) fee
$32Source · checked Oct 10, 2026
Overdraft transfer fee
$5Source · checked Oct 10, 2026
ATM network
1,700 fee-free ATMs in Michigan, and nearly 30,000 nationwide, via the CO-OP ATM NetworkSource · checked Oct 10, 2026
ATMs in the network
30,000Source · checked Oct 10, 2026
Out-of-network ATM fee
$2Source · checked Oct 10, 2026
Foreign transaction fee (debit card)
1%Source · checked Oct 10, 2026
Incoming domestic wire
NoneSource · checked Oct 10, 2026
Outgoing domestic wire
$25Source · checked Oct 10, 2026
Paper statements
$2 a monthSource · checked Oct 10, 2026
Inactivity fee
$6Source · checked Oct 10, 2026
Cashier’s check
$1Source · checked Oct 10, 2026
Stop payment
$32Source · checked Oct 10, 2026
Card replacement
$5Source · checked Oct 10, 2026

Who can open it

Membership
Membership required:
  • Live, work, worship, or attend school anywhere in Michigan’s Lower Peninsula, or live or work in select counties in Florida
Source · checked Oct 10, 2026

Features

Contactless cardDebit cardEarly direct depositOnline opening

From the bank’s own pages. A feature not listed may still be offered: we list only what the bank states.

Rates and fees change; the bank’s own page is the final word. Report a mistake · How we make money · Not stated: 2 items counted at typical fees