All About The Money
Checking and Savings
Characteristics
Vocab
This and That
W!SE
100

The Gold Standard

A monetary system where a country's currency or paper money has a value directly linked to gold

100

To match your records to the banks records

The purpose of a bank statement

100

Uniformity

Able to count and measure money accurately

100

Compound Interest

Interest earned on interest

100

Barter

The direct exchange of one set of goods or services for another

100

How new coins and currency make their way into the general economy. 

The Federal Reserve

200

M2

All of the money included in M1 plus the money in investments. 

200

To prove they paid a bill/payee

Why a person might need a copy of a check written in the past that was cashed?

200

Divisibility

Easily divided into smaller denominations.

200

Interest

the price paid for the use of borrowed money

200

Apple pay

An example of a digital wallet

200

What the term "The Fed" is short for. 

The Federal Reserve

300

Commodity Money

Money that has a value of it's own

300

A check register

300

M1

Currency, demand deposits and savings deposits

300

Liquidity

the ability to be used, or directly converted into, cash

300

An innovative payment network and a new kind of money.

Bitcoin

300

Monetary Policy

How the Federal Reserve regulates the nation's money supply

400

Venmo

An example of a digital wallet

400

You are considered an owner of the institution. 

Credit Union

400

Representative Money

Money that only has value with the issuer of the money.

400

POS

Point of Sale Transactions. You and your card are at the transaction. 

400

How banks use savings account deposits

To give loans to consumers and businesses

400

Open loop gift card

A Visa gift card

500

FIAT Money

Considered money because the Government says it's money

500

The balance on 3/15

$.22

500

A characteristic of money that crypto currency has not established yet?

Acceptability

500

Foreclosure

The seizure of property from lenders who are unable to pay back their loans

500

Debit Card

Takes money out of your checking account immediately. 

500

Wages

Income from employment

600

Compound Interest

The type of interest that earns the most

600


$19.21

600

Durability

Able to withstand the physical wear and tear that comes with being used over and over again.

600

Mortgage

a specific type of loan that is used to buy real estate

600

ATM's, Paper Checks, Direct Deposit

Services offered by Financial Institutions.

600

Debit card purchases

Purchases immediately deducted from your checking account.

700

Use your ATM Card, go to the bank or write a check. 

Ways to get money out of your checking account

700

$1357.75

The amount of the debits

700

Dependable People Deliver Uncut Logs Abroad

Durability Portability Divisibility Uniformity Limited Supply Acceptability

700

An example of a predatory lender

Check Cashing Company

700

An example of a predatory lender

Payday lenders

700

Notify the US Treasury Department

If a deposit of $10,000 or more into a bank account the bank is required to notify. 

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