Overdraft Services for Personal Accounts

Standard overdraft coverage is included with most checking accounts. With standard overdraft coverage we may authorize and pay overdrafts for the following types of transactions:

• Checks and other transactions made using your checking account number
• Automatic bill payments (such as recurring debit card and ACH payments)

We will not authorize and pay overdrafts for the following types of transactions unless you ask us to (see Debit Card Overdraft Service below):

• ATM transactions
• Everyday debit card transactions (such as one-time debit card and ATM card purchases)

We pay overdrafts at our discretion which means we do not guarantee that we will always authorize and pay any type of transaction. If we do not authorize and pay an overdraft, your transaction will be declined or returned unpaid.

If we pay an overdraft, we assess a fee of $35 per item paid into overdraft. We limit the number of overdraft fees on consumer accounts to three per day.

You can change the way we handle overdrafts, so we decline or return your transactions when you don't have enough available money in your account to cover a transaction.

• To remove standard overdraft coverage, visit a branch or call a phone banker at 1-800-TO-WELLS (1-800-869-3557).

Overdraft fees can still apply even if you remove standard overdraft coverage (such as when certain transactions were authorized when you had sufficient funds but are then presented for payment when you no longer have sufficient funds); however, we do not assess fees for returned items or declined transactions.

Eligibility

• You can link up to two eligible Wells Fargo accounts (one savings and one credit account) to one Wells Fargo checking account for Overdraft Protection. If you link two accounts, you may tell us which account to use first to transfer/advance funds. If you do not specify an order, we will first transfer funds from your linked savings account.
• If you link a credit card, the credit card must be confirmed in order for the Bank to transfer funds for Overdraft Protection. If the credit card is not confirmed, no money will transfer to cover the overdraft. Once your credit card has been confirmed, please allow up to 3 business days for your Overdraft Protection service to be fully enabled.
• You can view your eligible accounts by signing onto Online Banking, talking with a branch banker, or calling a phone banker at 1-800-TO-WELLS (1-800-869-3557).

For additional information, please also refer to your specific account type in the Consumer Account Fee and Information Schedule, Deposit Account Agreement, or your applicable credit agreement.

Eligibility

Please read this Important information about overdrafts (PDF) before adding the service.

Fee

Our standard overdraft fee of $35 per item will apply each time we pay an overdraft item to your account and a covering deposit or transfer is not made before the cut-off time on the same business day or otherwise covered during your Extra Day Grace Period.

If your checking account is not enrolled in Debit Card Overdraft Service and you don't have enough available money in your checking account or in accounts linked for Overdraft Protection, ATM and everyday (one-time) debit card transactions will be declined at the time of the transaction. There are no fees for declined transactions.

An overdraft is a negative balance in your account. An overdraft occurs when you spend more money than you have available in your checking account and the Bank pays your transaction anyway.

Yes. A returned item / non-sufficient funds (NSF) item occurs when Wells Fargo returns an item (such as a check or other transaction presented for payment) unpaid because there is not enough money available in the account to cover it (meaning, we do not pay the transaction).

Our overdraft fee for items paid into overdraft is $35 per item. We charge no more than three overdraft fees per business day for personal accounts.

We do not charge a returned item / non-sufficient funds (NSF) fee for items returned unpaid.

Note: We will not charge an overdraft fee on items that are $5 or less, and we won't charge overdraft fees if both your ending daily account balance and available balance are overdrawn by $5 or less after we have processed all of your transactions. There are no overdraft fees for ATM and everyday (one-time) debit card transactions unless your account is enrolled in Debit Card Overdraft Service, as described above.

Yes. Making a deposit or transfer can help avoid overdraft fees.

You can avoid an overdraft altogether – including applicable overdraft fees – if you make a covering deposit or transfer before the posted cut-off time on the same business day that you overdrew your account.

With Extra Day Grace Period, if your account is overdrawn, you have an extra business day to make a deposit to avoid overdraft fees. If your available balance covers the prior business day's overdraft items as of midnight Eastern Time, we'll waive the associated overdraft fees. Prior business day overdraft items that are not covered by midnight Eastern Time are subject to applicable overdraft fees.

Both services are optional and you can sign up for one or both depending on your checking account^,, and how you like to manage your money. You can have one, the other, or both – the choice is yours.

• Overdraft Protection uses available funds from your eligible linked savings, credit card, or line of credit account(s) to authorize or pay a transaction if there isn't enough money in your checking account. In other words, the linked account helps you avoid an overdraft in the first place.
• Debit Card Overdraft Service allows the Bank to authorize, at its discretion, ATM and everyday (one-time) debit card transactions into overdraft if there isn't enough available money in your checking account (or in accounts linked for overdraft protection), and an overdraft fee will apply to any item paid into overdraft.

If you are enrolled in both services, we will first use available funds in your linked Overdraft Protection account(s) to cover transactions when you don't have enough available money in your checking account.

For linked savings accounts: If the available balance in your savings account is $25 or more and can cover the overdraft, we'll transfer the exact amount needed or a minimum of $25. If the available balance in your savings account is less than either $25 or the amount needed, we'll transfer the available balance.

For linked credit accounts: If the available credit in your credit card account is $25 or more and can cover the overdraft, we'll advance the exact amount needed or a minimum of $25. If the available credit in your credit card account is less than either $25 or the amount needed, we'll advance the available credit. Advances from an eligible linked Wells Fargo line of credit are made in increments of $100 or $300.

ATM and everyday (one-time) debit card transactions will be declined at the time of the transaction. There are no fees for declined transactions. If a checking account is not enrolled in Debit Card Overdraft Service and an ATM or everyday (one-time) debit card transaction creates a negative balance during posting, an overdraft fee will not be assessed.

Please be aware that recurring debit card transactions you have pre-authorized (such as a utility payments, streaming services, and gym memberships) may be approved into overdraft at the Bank's discretion whether or not you are enrolled in Debit Card Overdraft Service and an overdraft fee would be assessed for items paid into overdraft.

Review the materials on this site, call a phone banker at 1-800-TO-WELLS (1-800-869-3557), or talk with a local branch banker.

You can add, change or remove Overdraft Protection through Online Banking, by talking to a phone banker at 1-800-TO-WELLS (1-800-869-3557), or by visiting a branch banker.

You can add or remove Debit Card Overdraft Service at a Wells Fargo ATM (Select More Choices, Wells Fargo Services), through Online Banking, with a branch banker, or by talking to a phone banker anytime at 1-800-TO-WELLS (1-800-869-3557). Any account holder with transaction authority can add or remove the service on the checking account.

No. The payment of any transaction into overdraft remains a discretionary decision of Wells Fargo and we reserve the right not to pay. For example, we typically do not pay these items if your account is overdrawn or if you have had excessive overdrafts.

No. Clear Access Banking does not allow for optional overdraft services and has no overdraft fees.

Your available balance is the most current record we have about the funds that are available for withdrawal from your account. Your available balance includes:

• All deposits that are immediately available and withdrawals that have posted to your account. It is adjusted throughout the day as we authorize or receive notice of pending transactions. Some pending deposits, such as incoming wire transfers, electronic direct deposits, and cash deposited at a Wells Fargo branch or Wells Fargo ATM, are available for your use on the day we receive the deposit.
• A portion or all of your check deposits made at a Wells Fargo branch, Wells Fargo ATM, or by mobile deposit may be immediately available for your use on the day we receive the deposit. If funds are not available on the day of deposit, refer to your deposit receipt for the funds availability date. Funds not available on the day of the deposit will typically be available the next business day, unless a longer hold is placed on the deposit. Refer to the Availability of Funds Policy in the Account Agreement for detailed funds availability information.
• Pending withdrawals, including debit card transactions we authorize and authorized payments known to us, reduce your available balance.

Please see the Wells Fargo Deposit Account Agreement for details.