
BMO Elite Business Checking Account
Earn interest footnote 1 on your checking balance to make your money go further. This account is the right fit for businesses that tend to have more monthly transactions.
Open an account in minutes!
Get all the essential perks and tools you need to grow your business
per statement period footnote 2 , plus free domestic and foreign incoming wire transfers
Simplify your entire billing and invoicing process with BMO Bill Connect
Earn interest footnote 1 on your checking balance to grow your money faster
Enjoy fee-free banking at 40,000+ BMO and Allpoint® ATMs nationwide footnote 3 and deposit up to $20,000 in cash per statement period with no fee
Bank anytime with our mobile app: footnote 4 deposit checks footnote 5 pay bills and move money, from wherever your business takes you, using Zelle®6
Get additional benefits and perks as your relationship grows with us with our Relationship Packages footnote 7
You’ll pay no monthly maintenance fee with an Average Collected Balance of $10,000 or more OR with a Monthly Combined Business Balance of $25,000 or more, otherwise it’s $25/month
Let’s see your interest rate
Minimum balance to get Annual Percentage Yield (APY)footnote 1 | Interest rate (%) | APY (%)footnote 1 |
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$0.01 to $4,999.99 | X.X% | X.X% |
$5,000.00 to $9,999.99 | X.X% | X.X% |
$10,000.00 or more | X.X% | X.X% |
Let's take a closer look at fees and how to avoid them
Account Fees | Fee Description |
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$25 monthly maintenance fee | Waived with:
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BMO and Allpoint® ATM transactions footnote 3 | FREE |
Non-BMO ATM transaction fee footnote 8 | $3 |
Transactions footnote 2 (500 free per statement period) | $0.40 for each additional transaction |
Cash deposits over $20,000 per statement period | $0.25 for every additional $100 deposited |
Paper Statement Fee/Check Images Fee | $3 for paper statements. FREE if enrolled in paperless statements or in the Elite Platinum or Elite Diamond tier of the BMO Elite Business Checking Relationship Packages footnote 9 . |
Get a full breakdown of fees in the Product Disclosure (PDF, 292 KB)
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BMO Elite Business Checking Frequently asked questions
To open your account, you’ll need to provide some identification and supporting business documentation. Our Business Documentation Checklist includes everything you’ll need to open your new account.
If you’re opening an account online, you’ll also need to verify your identity. We may do this by asking you to take a photo of your ID and snapping a selfie.
It takes around 10 minutes to complete your application, and you’ll receive a decision within 2 minutes.
We’ll waive the $25 monthly maintenance fee when you maintain a minimum $10,000 Average Collected Balance or a minimum $25,000 Monthly Combined Business Balance.
Resources to help support your business
- Definitions of Capitalized Terms
Footnote 1 details All Interest Rates and Annual Percentage Yields (APY) are accurate as of the effective date shown above. For variable rate accounts interest rates and APYs may change after the account is opened. At our discretion we may change the interest rate on these accounts daily. For accounts that have more than one tier, the interest rate corresponding to the highest tier into which the collected balance falls will be paid on the entire collected balance. Interest rates and APYs offered within two or more consecutive tiers may be the same. In this case, multiple tiers will be shown as a single tier. Fees or withdrawals will reduce earnings.
Footnote 2 details Each additional transaction is $.40. Transactions means non-ATM deposits, checks deposited, checks paid, and ACH credits and debits.
Footnote 3 details Foreign Transaction Fees will apply at Allpoint® ATMs located outside of the United States.
Footnote 4 details Message and data rates may apply. Contact your wireless carrier for details.
Footnote 5 details Mobile Deposit is available using the BMO Digital Banking Mobile App. This service may not function on older devices. Users must be a BMO Digital Banking customer with a BMO account opened for more than 5 calendar days. Deposits are not immediately available for withdrawal. For details, please see the BMO Digital Banking Agreement found at bmo.com/uslegal
Footnote 6 details 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
Footnote 7 details To access the benefits in a particular Relationship Package, you must have a BMO Elite Business Checking Account. Each BMO Elite Business Checking Account is placed in its own Relationship Package based on the Quarterly Combined Business Balance. Benefits begin when the BMO Elite Business Checking Account is placed in a Relationship Package and continue through the calendar quarter, regardless of any change in Account balances.
A BMO Elite Business Checking Account is placed in a Relationship Package on the first calendar day of the month after the Account opening (or the account type change) occurs. Your Relationship Package may change on the first day of each subsequent calendar quarter (January 1, April 1, July 1, and October 1) when the Quarterly Combined Business Balance is recalculated for quarterly placement (“Quarterly Placement”). You will receive a welcome communication with the first Relationship Package placement and a quarterly communication with each subsequent Quarterly Placement.
Footnote 8 details A Non-BMO ATM Transaction is any transaction conducted at a Non-BMO ATM, including, for example, a withdrawal, transfer, or balance inquiry. We charge this fee for each Non-BMO ATM Transaction in excess of two per statement period. We do not charge a fee for a balance inquiry. The ATM owner or operator may also charge you a surcharge fee for a withdrawal, transfer, or balance inquiry.
Footnote 9 details BMO Elite Business Checking Account paper statement fee will be waived for the calendar quarter following Quarterly Placement. If you change your Account type during the calendar quarter, the fee will only be waived when the Account is a BMO Elite Business Checking Account.
Zelle® and the Zelle® related marks are wholly owned by Early Warning Services, LLC and are used herein under license.