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Learn · Everyday accounts · 6 modules

Everyday accounts, from monthly fees to spending overseas.

6 short modules, 3 to 4 minutes each

Basics

If you’ve never compared everyday accounts
  1. What an everyday account is forWhere your pay lands and your spending comes from, and how the money in it is protected.3 minutes · 2 pages and a question
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  2. $4Monthly fees, and how they’re waivedThe fee some accounts charge each month, and what makes a bank drop it.3 minutes · 2 pages and a question
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  3. 3%Spending overseas: the international transaction feeThe percentage many banks add to a purchase in another currency, and what it comes to in a year.3 minutes · 2 pages and a question
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Going further

Once you know what an account’s fees are
  1. $5Cash overseas: ATM feesThe three fees on cash from an ATM overseas, and the one no bank publishes.3 minutes · 2 pages and a question
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  2. 0.5%Banks and non-banks, and accounts priced by planFree amounts each month and a fee above them, and what “Not a bank” means for your money.4 minutes · 2 pages and a question
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  3. Reading a real everyday accountThree real accounts, each showing one thing the modules before taught.3 minutes · 3 pages
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LearnStart · 3 minutesWhat an everyday account is for

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