Bank of America minimum-balance maintenance structure in Austin, TX (2026)

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Most TX business owners I talk to do not know the full BoA fee structure until they have already paid it. The schedule below is from BoA's own published fee disclosures, plus the public CFPB record on practices that have been the subject of enforcement.

Minimum-balance maintenance structure

Beyond the $16/mo Business Advantage Fundamentals, Bank of America runs higher-tier products with their own minimum-balance maintenance structures. Business Advantage Relationship Banking is roughly $29.95/mo, waived with a $15,000 combined balance. For a scaling Austin business hitting those balance thresholds, the fee waives. For a smaller business, the upgrade adds cost without proportionate value. The competitor structures (RHO $0 platform fee on operating accounts, Bluevine $0 standard) are the baseline against which BoA's tiered structure competes.

Austin context

In Austin, TX, the relevant comparison for BoA's fee schedule is what software-driven alternatives charge for the same use case. The schedule below is one half of that comparison.

Public regulator record on BoA fees

• CFPB 2023 enforcement order — $250M total — junk fees, double-charged overdraft fees, withheld credit-card rewards, fake accounts.
• CFPB Consumer Complaint Database — Bank of America — public, searchable, tens of thousands of complaints (a large share fee-related).
• BoA business checking fee disclosure — source-of-truth for current published rates. Verify before acting.

If you want to dispute a BoA fee in Austin

1. Pull the statement showing the fee. Screenshot it.
2. Compare against BoA's published fee schedule. If it does not match, document the discrepancy.
3. Request a written explanation through BoA secure message. Save the response.
4. If the explanation is unsatisfactory, file a CFPB complaint at consumerfinance.gov/complaint with the documentation. Free, public, and tends to get a documented response.
5. For overdraft-fee disputes specifically: reference the CFPB 2023 order in your complaint if your situation matches the practices it cited.

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