'Free' Checking Accounts: Not So Free AnymoreNewser(Newser) – Free checking accounts were the norm in the 1990s, but not so anymore: Today just 39% of noninterest checking accounts are free to everyone, down from 76% in 2009 and 45% last year…

ATM fees hit record high, free checking accounts declineCNNMoneyNEW YORK (CNNMoney) — Banks are hiking ATM fees to record levels and cutting back on free checking accounts, according to an industry report issued Monday. The financial research firm Ban…

Cost of 'free' checking continues to riseBizjournals.comThe cost of free checking in the United States has continued to rise, with consumers now needing an average minimum balance of $723 in their accounts to avoid fees, the Wall Street Journal…

Free checking costs a lot more as bank fees rise to record highsLos Angeles TimesCustomers use the ATMs at a Bank of America Corp. branch in New York in July. A survey from Bankrate.com found that ATM fees are among many bank fees that have risen to re…

Free Checking Gets Rarer As ATM Fees And Other Checking Account Fees …Daily MarketsNEW YORK, Sept. 24, 2012 /PRNewswire/ – The percentage of free checking accounts offered by U.S. banks continues to fall as other checking fees continue to rise, acc…