Citi and US Bank offer student checking

Various banks in the US are providing the students with several offerings for the Student bank accounts 2009. Let’s survey some of the hottest offers given by the topmost banks of USA. The initial one that is worth noting is The Citibank. Although getting a student’s account in Citibank is not that easy, especially after the recent economic crisis. Even So, the essential standard for opening a student bank account for this bank is that you have to be enrolled in an accredited college in the US. They are giving an opportunity to apply for an FDIC-insured Citibank Student Account with only a minimal starting account deposit of $100.

Another bank that stayed hot among the students for the year 2009 is the US Bank. They have Campus card, which enables student a speedier means to access their finances on or off campus. It has a very clean choice to unite your student ID with a free U.S. Bank Student Checking account, use it at any ATM or make PIN debit purchases with the sum being automatically subtracted from your checking account. Thus it gives you a wide access to your account on or off campus. Opening an account in this case is also simple. First one has to make sure if his school is a campus card partner. Applying for a free U.S. Bank Student Checking account comes next. A visit next to U.S. Bank branch to relate your student ID to your checking account completes all the formalities for using the Student ID at any ATM or to make PIN based purchases.

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