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Account Holders' Expectations The rate of account holders using digital banking checking account services increased year-over-year from 74% in 2023 to 77% in 2024, according to research commissioned by my digital banking company and published in partnership with Cornerstone Advisors.
—Stephen Bohanon, Forbes, 10 Dec. 2024
Your checking account balance gradually drops toward zero.
—Daniel De Visé, USA TODAY, 5 Dec. 2024
While 30% of JPMorgan branches are in low-income areas, checking account openings at community center branches were 16% higher than regular branches.
—Sasha Rogelberg, Fortune, 30 Oct. 2024
The measure effectively breaks banks’ hold on crucial data from savings patterns and checking account data to rent payment history — a set up where some firms made switching harder to help boost profits, according to Chopra.
—Tribune News Service, The Mercury News, 23 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 22 Dec. 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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