Can you survive without a checking account? Absolutely. How about accept payments without having a bank account. YES.

However, life is a lot less stressful if you do have a bank account. Even popular P2P apps like PayPal, Venmo, and Square Cash require users to connect to a bank account. Thanks to technology, you can open an online bank account through a traditional brick-and-mortar bank or eBank solutions like Due, Circle, Ally or Chime.

There are certain…