Industry Verticals · FinTech & BankingstructuralFintechBilling

Banks charge maintenance fees on business accounts they themselves restricted

A business checking account is rendered functionally unusable by the bank's own transfer restrictions, yet the bank continues to assess monthly service and late fees against it.

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