Student and Teen Checking

Want a teen account without the worry of overdraft and monthly service fees?

Look no further than Clear Access Banking.


Teens 17 and under must open at a branch.


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Clear Access Banking – made with teens in mind

Convenient mobile banking

Zelle®, mobile deposit, and digital wallets help make teen banking easy.

No overdraft fees. Period.

Clear Access Banking is a great account to help teens manage their money and has no overdraft fees.

Avoid monthly service fees

No monthly service fee charged for primary account owners 13 - 24 years old.

Clear Access Banking details

Best for
Teens and high school students
Features
  • No overdraft fees
  • Checkless checking account
Ways to avoid the
$5 monthly service fee
ATM and other fees
Minimum age to open
  • Must be 13 or older
  • Teens 13 – 16 years old need an adult co-owner
  • 17 and under must open at a branch
  • IDs required to open

Everyday Checking - another option for students

Everyday Checking details

Best for
College students
Ways to avoid the
$10 monthly service fee
ATM and other fees
Minimum age to open

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Student Checking FAQs

You can apply online or in person at a Wells Fargo branch near you.

You must be 18 or older to apply online. 17 and under must open at a branch.

No matter how you apply, you'll need: 

  • Your Social Security number
  • Valid ID (driver's license, state ID, Consular ID)
  • Current residential address
  • $25 minimum opening deposit

IDs required to open (plus co-applicant's information if applicable).

Joint checking accounts can be opened online or at a branch.

You need the same information that's required to open an individual checking account, but you'll need it for both applicants. What IDs are required?

A teen checking account, also called a student checking account, is a bank account designed with minors and high school students and college students in mind.

Our teen checking account, Clear Access Banking, can be opened as an individual account for older teens (17 years old and up) or as a joint account with a parent or guardian for teens ages 13-16.

Minors 17 years and older or older can open a checking account individually or with an adult co-owner. Minors 13-16 must have an adult co-owner.

Minors 17 years or younger must open an account at a Wells Fargo branch. Find a convenient Wells Fargo location.

See IDs required to open an account.

All checking accounts, including those for teens and students, are FDIC-insured up to the maximum applicable limit.

Visit our FDIC Insurance page to learn more.

How can we help?

Other fees may apply, and it is possible for the account to have a negative balance. Please see the Wells Fargo Consumer Account Fee and Information Schedule and Deposit Account Agreement for details.

If you convert from a Wells Fargo account with check writing ability to a Clear Access Banking account, any outstanding check(s) presented on the new Clear Access Banking account on or after the date of conversion will be returned unpaid. The payee may charge additional fees when the check is returned. Make sure that any outstanding checks have been paid and/or you have made different arrangements with the payee(s) for the checks you have written before converting to the Clear Access Banking account.

Minimum opening deposit is $25. Monthly service fee for the Everyday Checking account is $10 and can be avoided when the primary account owner is 17 through 24 years old. Monthly service fee for the Clear Access Banking account is $5 and can be avoided when the primary account owner is 13 through 24 years old. When the primary account owner reaches the age of 25, age can no longer be used to avoid the monthly service fee. Everyday Checking and Clear Access Banking customers have other way(s) to avoid the monthly service fee. Customers between 13 and 16 years old must open the Clear Access Banking account with an adult co-owner. See a Wells Fargo banker or the Consumer Account Fee and Information Schedule available at wellsfargo.com/depositdisclosures for more information about other fees that may apply and options to avoid the monthly service fee.

Our overdraft fee for Consumer checking accounts is $35 per item (whether the overdraft is by check, ATM withdrawal, debit card transaction, or other electronic means), and we charge no more than three overdraft fees per business day. Overdraft fees are not applicable to Clear Access Banking accounts.

The payment of transactions into overdraft is discretionary and we reserve the right not to pay. For example, we typically do not pay overdrafts if your account is overdrawn or you have had excessive overdrafts. You must promptly bring your account to a positive balance.

With Extra Day Grace Period, if your account is overdrawn, you have an additional business day (extra day) to make covering deposits and/or transfers to avoid overdraft fees. If your available balance as of 11:59 pm Eastern Time on your extra day is positive, the pending overdraft fees for the prior business day’s overdraft items will be waived. If your available balance as of 11:59 pm Eastern Time is enough to cover some, but not all, of the prior business day’s overdraft items, the available balance will be applied to the transactions in the order that they posted to your account (based on our posting order practices described in the Deposit Account Agreement). Any overdraft items that are not covered by 11:59 pm Eastern Time on your extra day are subject to applicable overdraft fees. All deposits and transfers are subject to the Bank’s Availability of Funds Policy. Please see the Wells Fargo Deposit Account Agreement for more details.

Mobile deposit is only available through the Wells Fargo Mobile® app on eligible mobile devices. Deposit limits and other restrictions apply. Some accounts are not eligible for mobile deposit. Availability may be affected by your mobile carrier's coverage area. Your mobile carrier's message and data rates may apply. See Wells Fargo’s Online Access Agreement and your applicable business account fee disclosures for other terms, conditions, and limitations.

Terms and conditions apply. Some (but not all) digital wallets require your device to be NFC (Near Field Communication) enabled and to have the separate wallet app available. Your mobile carrier’s message and data rates may apply.

Enrollment with Zelle® through Wells Fargo Online® or Wells Fargo Business Online® is required. Terms and conditions apply. U.S. checking or savings account required to use Zelle®. Transactions between enrolled users typically occur in minutes. For your protection, Zelle® should only be used for sending money to friends, family, or others you trust. Neither Wells Fargo nor Zelle® offers purchase protection for payments made with Zelle® - for example, if you do not receive the item you paid for or the item is not as described or as you expected. Payment requests to persons not already enrolled with Zelle® must be sent to an email address. To send or receive money with a small business, both parties must be enrolled with Zelle® directly through their financial institution’s online or mobile banking experience. For more information, view the Zelle® Transfer Service Addendum to the Wells Fargo Online Access Agreement. Your mobile carrier's message and data rates may apply. Account fees (e.g., monthly service, overdraft) may apply to Wells Fargo account(s) with which you use Zelle®.

Availability may be affected by your mobile carrier’s coverage area. Your mobile carrier’s message and data rates may apply. Fargo is only available on the smartphone versions of the Wells Fargo Mobile® app.

You must be the primary account holder of an eligible Wells Fargo consumer account with a FICO® Score available, and enrolled in Wells Fargo Online®. Eligible Wells Fargo consumer accounts include deposit, loan, and credit accounts, but other consumer accounts may also be eligible. Contact Wells Fargo for details. Availability may be affected by your mobile carrier's coverage area. Your mobile carrier’s message and data rates may apply.

Please note that the score provided under this service is for educational purposes and may not be the score used by Wells Fargo to make credit decisions. Wells Fargo looks at many factors to determine your credit options; therefore, a specific FICO® Score or Wells Fargo credit rating does not guarantee a specific loan rate, approval of a loan, or an upgrade on a credit card.

Turning off your debit card is not a replacement for reporting your card lost or stolen. Contact us immediately if you believe that unauthorized transactions have been made. Turning your card off will not stop card transactions presented as recurring transactions or transactions using other cards linked to your deposit account. Posting refunds, reversals, and credit adjustments to your account will continue. Any digital card numbers linked to the card will also be turned off. Availability may be affected by your mobile carrier's coverage area. Your mobile carrier's message and data rates may apply.

Terms and conditions apply. Mobile carrier's message and data rates may apply. See Wells Fargo's Online Access Agreement for more information.

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Zelle® and the Zelle® related marks are wholly owned by Early Warning Services, LLC and are used herein under license.

See the Consumer Account Fee and Information Schedule and Deposit Account Agreement for additional consumer account information.

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