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How to protect 24 Axos accounts — manage beneficiaries online, fund a trust online, and file death claims
Personal Banking
Axos Bank, 4350 La Jolla Village Drive, Suite 140, San Diego, CA 92122
Personal Banking
Axos Bank, 4350 La Jolla Village Drive, Suite 140, San Diego, CA 92122
Death Claims / Estate Services
Axos Bank, PO Box 509127, San Diego, CA 92150-9727
Axos offers 24 consumer accounts that interact with estate planning in distinct ways. Of those, 22 can name a trust as beneficiary or be retitled into a trust. Understanding the transfer methods available for each account type helps families keep assets out of probate and ensure they pass to the right people.
Beneficiary designations at Axos can be managed online, by mail, and by phone, typically taking 15-30 minutes. Trust funding is also available, allowing families to retitle accounts into the name of a revocable living trust.
Axos provides specific procedures for both proactive estate planning and filing claims after a death.
Preparing your estate
How to manage beneficiaries online, fund a trust online, and review 24 account types at Axos.
View details →When someone dies
6-step process, 5 required documents, and contact information for survivors.
View details →Yes. Axos Bank has partnered with Trust & Will to provide discounted estate planning solutions. Axos Bank customers can get 15% off Trust & Will estate plans at trustandwill.com/axos.
Axos Premier Banking is a high-net-worth banking tier for clients with $250,000 or more in combined deposits or qualifying collateral. It includes InsureGuard+ Savings with expanded FDIC protection up to $265M via the IntraFi network, Private Client Banking with dedicated relationship management, and Securities-Backed Line of Credit. Trust accounts are available through the Premier Banking tier at axosbank.com/personal/bank/premier/trust. Contact Premier Banking at 1-888-296-5646.
All Axos Invest IRA accounts (both Self-Directed Trading and Managed Portfolios) are subject to a $40/year custodial fee, $50 termination fee, and $75 transfer fee. Self-Directed Trading IRAs require a $50 minimum to open. Managed Portfolio IRAs require a $500 minimum to open and carry a 0.24% annual advisory fee. Tax loss harvesting is available for Managed Portfolio accounts over $25,000 for an additional 0.20%/year.
Axos Bank requires their own Certification of Trust form, which they send to you after you submit the trust account application at axosbank.com/personal/bank/premier/trust. You will need the trust name, Tax ID (grantor SSN for revocable trusts or EIN for irrevocable trusts), and government-issued ID for all trustees. The Certification of Trust must be signed by all trustees and notarized. Axos does not accept non-Axos trust certification forms or the original trust document in place of their proprietary form.
Data sourced from Axos primary sources (32 pages reviewed). How we research.
Personal Banking
Axos Bank, 4350 La Jolla Village Drive, Suite 140, San Diego, CA 92122
Personal Banking
Axos Bank, 4350 La Jolla Village Drive, Suite 140, San Diego, CA 92122
Death Claims / Estate Services
Axos Bank, PO Box 509127, San Diego, CA 92150-9727
Learn how to protect your Axos accounts and other assets with trusts, beneficiary designations, and estate planning documents.
Learn how to protect your Axos accounts and other assets with trusts, beneficiary designations, and estate planning documents.