BoA minimum-balance maintenance structure — San Diego, CA 2026 guide

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If you searched "Bank of America fees San Diego" because something on your statement felt wrong, start with the published schedule below. Then read the public CFPB enforcement context. Then decide if you want to dispute or switch.

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 San Diego 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.

San Diego context

Local context for San Diego: most software-driven business banks (Mercury, RHO, Novo, Relay) charge $0 standard monthly fee. BoA's $16/mo Business Advantage Fundamentals is the structure most San Diego customers compare against.

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 San Diego

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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