Yes. Banks are allowed to require that you have one type of a traditional account in order to qualify for another.
They can't require that you get nontraditional products from them, such as insurance or brokerage services, to qualify for a loan or deposit account though. There is a law, the Bank Tying Act, that allows this.
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Yes. Banks are allowed to require that you have one type of a traditional 