checking account

Example Sentences

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Of the Fed’s major liabilities, two mostly are beyond its control: the deposits that the Treasury Department keeps in its checking account at the Fed, and physical cash.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 18, 2026

Some banks will allow a 16-year-old to open a simple checking account on their own behalf, but rules vary.

From MarketWatch • May 5, 2026

It’s one thing for a bot to suggest you save more and another for a bot to have access to your checking account and the power to spend from it.

From MarketWatch • Mar. 19, 2026

It could go into a checking account instead—there’s cash in those, too—but no net money “went into” the market.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 20, 2026

I read the number of Auntie Buzz’s checking account to Ms. Young, who said she would send Buzz the paperwork right away.

From "Liar, Liar" by Gary Paulsen