In Brief: Bank Rewards Businesses That Limit Transactions

Atlantic Stewardship Bank, a $113 million-asset institution, introduced an account for small businesses that make few transactions.

It takes just $50 to open one of the accounts, but to avoid service fees the account holder must maintain a $1,000 balance and conduct fewer than 50 transactions a month.

"It offers the benefits of a major commercial account without the usual fees and higher minimum daily balances," said Paul Van Ostenbridge, Atlantic's president and chief executive officer.

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