Find out from the bank if they have free checks, online electronic checking (if interested in paying bills online). Also, there will be a minimum balance requirement, and every bank is different, so make sure you have enough money to maintain the balance.
Impossible to know unless you have his checking account information.
You should know if there is a there is a limit on how many checks you can write per month, what the maintaining balance is and how much the bank charges for non-bank atm withdrawals.
simple, ask your bank
Yes. There are no restrictions as to who can deposit cash into a checking account. Anyone can deposit cash into anyone else's account as long as they know the account number of the account into which they want to deposit cash. For ex: I can walk into the bank branch where you hold a checking account and deposit $500 into it if I know the account number. Nobody will ask or question me as to why I am doing so…
Just visit any bank that you would like to open a checking account in and sit at the new account desk. The person sitting at the new account desk would show you a brochure of all sorts of checking accounts and their fees. Some doesn't have fees if the place you work at offers direct deposit.
Yes a lot of people tend to overdraw their checking account because they do not know how to balance their checkbook.
Credit card
i do not know sorry
Sure. Most banks do not have any restrictions on who can deposit money into a customers bank account. Even if I want, I can deposit money into your checking account. All I need is to know your full name and your bank account number. So, your grand daughter can easily know your name and account number and she can happily deposit money into your account.
You can know if you have a retirement account by checking your financial statements or contacting your employer or financial institution to inquire about any retirement accounts in your name.
In the age of identity theft, it is hard to tell what you should give to a credit card company and what you should not. If you don't feel comfortable giving the credit card company your checking account information, then you shouldn't. Most credit card companies base your approval on a credit card via your credit score. If the company seems fishy or pushy about getting your checking account information, then you should tell them politely that you aren't interested and try going with a brand of credt card that you know and trust.
Yes. There are no restrictions as to who can deposit cash into a checking account. Anyone can deposit cash into anyone else's account as long as they know the account number of the account into which they want to deposit cash. For ex: I can walk into the bank branch where you hold a checking account and deposit $500 into it if I know the account number. Nobody will ask or question me as to why I am doing so…