checking account

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The bank closes a checking account and pays the beneficiary per the terms; if there’s one beneficiary, they are paid 100%.

From MarketWatch • Mar. 31, 2026

Second, a Warsh Fed would need to neutralize swings in the government’s checking account at the Fed.

From Barron's • Feb. 20, 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

Filling out the line after “Pay to the order of” with “Verizon” or “American Express” gave the payment a dimension beyond the Monopoly-money world of a few clicks on my checking account.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 9, 2026

Payment recipients can use the money in their account for online purchases or payments, can receive the payment from PayPal by check, or can have PayPal directly deposit the money into a checking account.

From "The World Is Flat" by Thomas L. Friedman