In determining how to meet the new Best Customer Standard at their own financial institutions, the following banks decided to pay their Best Customer Rate on all accounts designated as IOLTA, regardless of whether the account carries an average balance of more than $100,000. These banks are listed below on the IOLTA Honor Roll of Banks. Of those institutions, some also decided not to charge the IOLTA Fund of the Bar of New Jersey any type of service charge or bank fee. These special friends of IOLTA are our Amicus Banks, denoted by an asterisk.

These IOLTA-friendly banks deserve recognition for making business choices that increase the capacity of New Jersey’s legal service providers to serve individuals and families with civil legal problems and no where else to go for help. Often low-income and vulnerable people have legal problems affecting their most basic needs, such as food, shelter, jobs or access to health care. Legal aid provides access to justice through legal representation and assistance, enabling people who need help but cannot hire a lawyer to act effectively. The results are real: economic stability, peace at home, and the ability to move forward as productive members of society.

Honor Roll of Banks