Merchants Rewards Checking

Designed for businesses that enjoy cash rewards by frequently using a debit card for purchases.

Account Details

  • $100 initial deposit required to open the account.
  • $5.00 monthly service charge.
  • FDIC Insured

What you get from Merchants Rewards Checking:

Money Savings

  • Cash Back of 0.50% variable rate on all legitimate debit card Point of Sale purchases
  • 
FREE processing on your first 200 items each month (checks processed and checks deposited.) Each additional item is $0.50.
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Automatic rebate of the Merchants Bank foreign ATM fee.
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$40 credit toward your first order of checks with Harland Clarke.

Time Savings

  • Enjoy the secure and convenient way to check account balances, make payments, transfer money and more by enrolling in Small Business Online Banking.
  • Surcharge-free ATM usage at Merchants Bank and over 55,000 Allpoint ATMs–including hundreds in Vermont.
  • Online Banking with Bill Payment–bank anytime from your computer and enjoy 20 FREE bill payments per month. Additional payments are $0.50 each.

  • Automated Phone Banking with 24/7 access to check balances, transfer funds, make loan payments and more.

Support Where And When You Need It

  • Talk to an experienced, friendly person right here in Vermont.
  • Live Online Banking help is also available.
  • Customer Call Center representatives are available 6 days a week. Click here for hours.
  • Our statewide network of branches and ATMs make it easy for you to connect with your money and us.

Helpful Tools

  • FREE access to FinanceWorks, a comprehensive financial management tool, with Small Business Online Banking.
  • FREE Business Debit Card for POS purchases anywhere MasterCard is accepted.

  • Ability to customize a suite of Cash Management services to meet your business needs–from multiple Sweep programs and Repurchase Agreements to ACH, wire transfers and tax payments.

*Annual cash rewards of $600 or more require 1099 reporting.