Overdraft Services for Business Accounts (2024)

Use these account management tools to help you manage and track your spending.

• Keep track of your transactions

  Record every deposit and withdrawal — including checks, debit card purchases, cash withdrawals, and recurring payments you've set up such as utility bills or recurring vendor payments. Visit any Wells Fargo banking location for a free check register.

• Don’t forget outstanding transactions

  The current available balance we provide may not include all your transactions, such as checks you have written, upcoming automatic payments or debit card transactions you have made that have not yet been submitted for payment by the merchant.

• Keep a cushion in your account

  By keeping a little extra in your checking account, you can cover outstanding transactions that don’t yet appear in your available balance and avoid overdrafts.

• Review your statements

  Reconcile bank statements with your records.

• Use Wells Fargo Business Online^® and Wells Fargo Mobile^® Banking

  You can conveniently and securely access and manage your money from your computer, tablet, or mobile device:
  • Mobile Banking — Bank on the go using our mobile app. Monitor your transactions, transfer money, and deposit checks to manage your balance. Learn more about Mobile Banking.
  • Account Alerts — Stay informed. Set up a low balance alert to be notified by email, text message, or push notification when your account balance reaches an amount you specify. Activate an account update alert to help notify you when deposits, checks or withdrawals have posted to your account. Sign up to receive account alerts.
  • Wells Fargo Business Online — Stay on track. Use My Spending Report to track deposits and review purchases and payments made with your Wells Fargo credit card, debit card, and Business Bill Pay payments. Use Budget Watch to create a simple, customized budget to view progress toward your monthly budget goals.

Eligibility

• You can link up to two eligible Wells Fargo accounts (one savings and one credit account) to a 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.
• Linked accounts must belong to the same business entity. Personal accounts cannot be used to provide Overdraft Protection for a business checking account. Checking accounts cannot be used to provide Overdraft Protection.
• You can find out which of your accounts are eligible for Overdraft Protection by signing onto Wells Fargo Business Online®, talking with a branch banker, or calling Small Business Customer Service at 1-800-CALL-WELLS (1-800-225-5935).

For additional information, please also refer to your specific account type in the Business Account Fee and Information Schedule (PDF).

Fees

There are no Overdraft Protection transfer or advance fees for Business accounts enrolled in the service. Overdraft Protection advances from a credit account accrue interest from the date each advance is made. See your credit account agreement for details.

Add, Change or Remove Overdraft Protection

You can add, change or remove Overdraft Protection by signing onto Wells Fargo Business Online®, talking with a branch banker, or calling Small Business Customer Service at 1-800-CALL-WELLS (1-800-225-5935).

Key Information

You can choose how Wells Fargo handles your ATM and everyday (one-time) debit card transactions if you don’t have enough available money in your checking account or in accounts linked for Overdraft Protection at the time of the transaction. The payment of transactions into overdraft is discretionary, and we reserve the right not to pay.

Eligibility

Business checking accounts (with the exception of IOLTA/RETA accounts and accounts for government entities) are automatically enrolled in Debit Card Overdraft Service when the account is opened. Customers can choose to remove this service or re-add it to an eligible account at any time.

Fee

Our standard overdraft fee of $35 per item will apply if Debit Card Overdraft Service is used to approve a transaction into overdraft and a covering deposit or transfer is not made before the posted cutoff time on the same business day.

If your checking account is not enrolled in Debit Card Overdraft Service and you don’t have enough money in your 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.

See "Tips and Tools to Avoid Overdrafts" above for Wells Fargo services that can help you manage your account and avoid overdrafts.

Add or Remove Debit Card Overdraft Service

Any account holder with transaction authority on the eligible checking account can add or remove Debit Card Overdraft Service by visiting a Wells Fargo ATM (select More Choices, Wells Fargo Services), signing on to Wells Fargo Business Online®, talking with a branch banker, or calling Small Business Customer Service at 1-800-CALL-WELLS (1-800-225-5935).

Our overdraft fee for items paid into overdraft is $35 per item. We charge no more than four overdraft fees per business day for Business 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 your transactions.

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

You can avoid an overdraft and 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.

• Overdraft Protection uses available funds from your linked account(s) to cover a transaction if there isn’t enough available money in your checking account.
• Debit Card Overdraft Service allows us to authorize, at our discretion, ATM and everyday (one-time) debit card transactions if there isn’t enough available money in your checking account (or in accounts linked for Overdraft Protection) to cover them. An overdraft fee of $35 per item will apply unless a transfer or a covering deposit is made before the posted cutoff time on the same business day.

Both services are optional and you can sign up for either or both services depending on account eligibility and how you prefer to manage your money. Though optional, Debit Card Overdraft Service is automatically added to business checking accounts (with the exception of IOLTA/RETA accounts and accounts for government entities) when opened, but can be removed at any time.

If your account is not enrolled in Debit Card Overdraft Service, ATM and everyday (one-time) debit card transactions will be declined at the time of the transaction. There are no fees for ATM and everyday (one-time) debit card transactions that are declined. 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, no overdraft fee will be assessed.

Debit Card Overdraft Service does not apply to checks and other transactions such as Bill Pay, ACH, or recurring debit card transactions (such as a utility or phone bill). We may continue to authorize or pay these transactions into overdraft, at our discretion and our standard overdraft fees and policies will apply.

Our overdraft fee for Business checking accounts is $35 per item (whether the overdraft is by check, ATM withdrawal, debit card transaction, or other electronic means); We charge no more than four overdraft fees per business day for Business accounts.

Recurring debit card payments and other transactions, such as checks, Bill Pay, or ACH transactions, may continue to be authorized into overdraft at our discretion if there isn’t enough money in the account, even if the account is not enrolled in Debit Card Overdraft Service, and our standard overdraft fees and policies will apply.

The payment of transactions into overdraft is discretionary and we reserve the right not to pay. For example, we typically do not pay overdrafts if your account is overdrawn or you have had excessive overdrafts. You must promptly bring your account to a positive balance.