Soft switching is opening a new bank account without closing your original one. Here's why you might want to do this and how to manage multiple accounts.

You also may want to consider opening multiple checking accounts at different institutions for different uses, such as keeping an account at a provider that works well for international travel if you ...

Opening a new checking or savings account can feel like a financial fresh start, especially when sign-up bonuses and slick apps are involved. But if you keep chasing the next promotion and try to open ...

Your partner wants to open a new bank account with a different bank, but you like your old one best. Should you close your old account? Keep it open? It's questions like these that make banking nerds ...

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SoFi’s Checking and Savings account earns a 0.50% APY (variable and subject to change) on the balance in its checking portion. Customers who enroll in SoFi Plus with direct deposit, or pay a $10 SoFi ...

Banks and credit unions typically pay little to no interest for a checking account — among the ones that actually do, the average annual percentage yield is just 0.07%, according to the latest ...