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These new services complement Novo’s existing small business banking options, like checking accounts and debit cards.
—Gene Marks, Forbes, 3 Nov. 2024
Assets: Personal checking account: $2,000; business checking account: $1,000; HYSA: $7,000; Roth IRA: $1,000.
—R29 Team, refinery29.com, 18 Oct. 2024
That’s according to Marianne Lake, CEO of consumer and community banking at JPMorgan Chase, who told the Wall Street Journal the bank may institute checking account fees in order to recoup any revenue lost if regulators go forward with a plan to cap overdraft fees.
—Byalicia Adamczyk, Fortune, 8 July 2024
One of Snell’s top tips is setting up a split direct deposit, so part of your paycheck goes to a high-yield savings account and part of it funnels to a checking account to cover your necessary and discretionary expenses.
—Tribune News Service, The Mercury News, 30 Oct. 2024
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Word History
First Known Use
circa 1909, in the meaning defined above
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The first known use of checking account was
circa 1909
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“Checking account.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/checking%20account. Accessed 26 Nov. 2024.
Kids Definition
checking account
noun
: an account in a bank from which the depositor can draw money by writing checks
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