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Bank One Joins Parade Of Cheaper Web Billing: Feeling competitive pressure, the bank gives on-line users a break and waives bill pay fees. The result: A rise in new checking accounts.

Bank One Corp. has joined the ranks of financial institutions that have waived, lowered or put off charges for on-line bill payment ffective Aug. 1, the company dropped its $4.95 monthly fee, a decision that benefits 1.9 million on-line accounts.

"We've looked at what creates customer loyalty and found that people who have electronic bill payment become much longer-term customers than the average customer," says Thomas Kelly, a spokesman for Bank One. The move is part of a larger corporate effort to focus on checking as a primary business, Kelly says. Following its 1998 merger with First Chicago NBD Corp., Bank One experienced integration and customer-service problems, and ...

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