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Checking Accounts

Manage your checking with Heartland Bank and unlock valuable benefits and $MART decision-making tools.

Checking Account Selector

There's a checking account for everyone, and we keep it simple. Answer a few questions to help choose the right account.

Compare Accounts

If it matters to you what a checking account offers, it matters to us. Perks? Interest? Low fees? Check.

  • Features
  • ShieldPerks powered by BaZing Benefits
  • Monthly Maintenance Fee
  • Minimum Opening Deposit
  • Minimum Monthly Balance
  • Interest-Bearing Checking Account
  • Online Banking
  • ShieldPerks powered by BaZing Benefits
  • Mobile Banking
  • Free Pure Personality Check Card ($10 value)
  • Check Card
  • Card Control App
  • Fee-free In-network ATMs with Allpoint
  • eStatements
    • Smart Checking
    • $7
    • $100
    • None
    • N/A
      • Local and national network of savings
      • Cell phone protection**
      • ID Theft Aid**
      • Roadside assistance
      • $10,000 Travel Accidental Death Insurance**
      • Pharmacy, Vision and Hearing Savings
      • BaZing Fuel
      • Billshark
    • When you order your card within 48 hours of opening your checking account (or $10 fee applies)
    • 55,000+ ATMs worldwide
    • Learn More**
    • Smart Checking with Interest
    • $12 (waived if monthly minimum balance is maintained)
    • $100
    • $5,000
      • Local and national network of savings
      • Cell phone protection**
      • ID Theft Aid**
      • Roadside assistance
      • $10,000 Travel Accidental Death Insurance**
      • Pharmacy, Vision and Hearing Savings
      • BaZing Fuel
      • Billshark
    • When you order your card within 48 hours of opening your checking account (or $10 fee applies)
    • 55,000+ ATMs worldwide
    • Learn More**
    • e-Smart Checking
    • $3 (waived with eStatements)
    • $100
    • None
    • N/A
      • Local and national network of savings
    • N/A
    • 55,000+ ATMs worldwide
    • Learn More**

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    FAQs

    Your questions about opening a checking account, answered.

    Opening a personal checking or savings account is simple. Just bring the following information to any of our convenient local bank offices.

    • Government-issued identification (e.g., driver’s license)
    • U.S. Taxpayer Identification Number (TIN)
    • U.S. citizenship or resident alien status
    • Information for accounts you'd like to close at other banks and move to German American Bank or Heartland Bank, a division of German American Bank

    The short answer: It depends.

    If you're funding the account using automatic transfer or funds transferred from a non- German American Bank or non-Heartland Bank, a division of German American Bank checking or savings account and the account is successfully opened prior to 5 p.m. ET, funds will be available the next business day. If the account is successfully opened at 5 p.m. ET or after, funds will be available in two business days.

    If you're funding the account using a credit card or non-German American Bank or non-Heartland Bank, a division of German American Bank debit card and the account is successfully opened prior to 5 p.m. ET, funds will be available in two business days. If the account is successfully opened at 5 p.m. ET or after, funds will be available in three business days.

    You'll be able to see accounts opened online in our online banking and our mobile banking app within one business day.