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• The facts. Fees, rates and FDIC coverage come from each provider's own published terms, with the date we checked them.
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We use primary sources: provider pricing pages, fee schedules, legal disclosures and official regulators such as the FDIC. We date every comparison, and we correct errors when readers or providers report them.

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