Checking Accounts

What is a Checking Account?: An account held by a bank or a credit union that allows the account holder to deposit or withdraw cash easily.

• What is a Credit Union?: a non-profit financial cooperatives owned by their members, and are designed to serve the community rather then generate profit.

Ways to put money into your checking account:

• Make a cash deposit at your bank'

• deposit a check at your bank

• use an ATM to deposit your money

• make a mobile deposit

• Use direct deposit

• transfer money from another account

Ways to take money out of your checking account:

• ATM withdrawal using a debit card

• visit a bank teller to make a withdrawal

• make a purchase using a debit card

• write a check

• use online bill pay

• transfer money to another account

Characteristics

• little to no interest

• easy to withdrawal

• easy to deposit