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100

Your debit card is connected to this type of account.

Checking Account

100

You always want to protect this when using your debit or ATM card. Never provide it to anyone under any circumstances.

PIN Number

100

To make a check non-negotiable and invalid, you should write this over the front of it.

VOID

100

This low risk investment is issued by companies and all levels of governments.

Bonds

100

This is the most important resource when it comes to saving.

Time

100

"I have to buy this product because it's a limited edition." OR, "I need to go on this vacation because all my friends are going."

FOMO (Fear of Missing Out)

100

This happens when you buy something in the moment without prior planning or budgeting.

Impulse Buying

200

These accounts are easy to open, and provide you with a low interest rate. Also, they can be linked to your checking account for convenient transfers.

Savings Account

200

These are non-profit, member owned banking institutions that provide lower fees and more personalized service.

Credit Union

200

This happens when you write a check for an amount that exceeds what's in the account.

Bounces

200

With this kind of add-on, you get money on both the initial principle and the accumulated interest.

Compound Interest

200

While a car payment should be only 10% of your gross monthly pay; this major loan should only take up 30%.

Mortgage

200

FICA is the term for deducations that come from your paycheck to pay for these federal programs.

Social Security and Medicare

200

This is where so many Americans are because their monthly expenses are at the same level as their income, they have little opportunity to save.

Paycheck to Paycheck

300

Banks provide these FDIC-insured accounts, which have a good interest rate and allow you to write checks to access the money if needed.

Money Market Account

300
Bank revenue for these fees are down by almost 50% since 2019; going from $11.68 billion to $5.8 billion last year.

Overdraft Fees

300

Signing your name on the back does this, ensuring that you can cash it or deposit it.

Endorse

300

These retirement accounts are sponsored by an employer that usually matches your contribution.

401K

300

Experts say that this should have about 3 to 6 months worth of expenses stored just in case.

Emergency Fund

300

Don't worry, if your bank fails this New Deal program will protect your deposited assets for up to $250,000.

FDIC (Federal Deposit Insurance Commission)

300

When your savings are being outpaced by inflation, you are losing this power.

Purchasing Power

400

This term is used for people who do not have a bank account, let alone use banking services to help organize their finances.

Unbanked

400

If you withdrawal money from an out-of-network machine, you will have to pay this fee.

ATM Fee

400

This is when you compare and balance your bank's monthly account statement with your own records to make sure everything lines up.

Reconcile

400

This low-stakes, low-reward investment has a penalty if part of the contribution is withdrawn before maturity.

Certificate of Deposit

400

This three-numbered rule is a popular method by which to budget yourfixed expenses, flexible spending, and savings.

50-30-20

400

ATM stands for this.

Automated Teller Machine

400

This saying is a phrase telling you to budget saving as one of the first moves you make when you get paid.

Paying Yourself First

500

These accounts allow for two individuals to share access to the funds; a tool often used for students   parents/guardians.

Joint Account

500

These fintech companies provide online banking serviecs without physical branches.

Neobanks

500

You do this to a check when you want the payee to cash it at a later date.

Postdate

500

Want to save money for your child's education, then this plan is your best option. 

529 Plan

500

This rule helps you know how long an interest rate is going to take to double your money.

Rule of 72

500

You don't want to see the message NSF when you try to use your debit card; which stands for this.

Non-Sufficient Funds

500

It's hard to save when you spend money on things that you don't necessarily need -- but want to stay up to date with everyone else. 

Keeping Up with the Joneses

600

In what 1994 movie was Andy Dufresene, a banker, sent to prison for the murder of his wife; where he used his skills to launder money for the warden.

The Shawshank Redemption
600

In what Jimmy Stewart film did George Bailey keep the local bank he owned solvent after convincing the citizens of Bedford Falls to to stop a bank run. 

It's a Wonderful Life

600

In 1945, what Simpsons character stole a trillion dollar bill that was meant to go to post-war Western Europe.

Mr. Burns

600

Harry Potter inherited his family's bank account at what Diagon Alley bank?

Gringotts

600

He starred as Frank Abagnale Jr., a conartist known for forging checks and pretending to be a pilot at the age of 16. Hint: his least favorite number is 26.

Leonardo Dicaprio

600
Originally a Hawk, Adam Banks became one of the best players for this Minnesota junior hockey league team.

The Mighty Ducks

600

This NBA and Wake Forest University legend who played his entire career for the San Antonio Spurs was known for having the best bank shot in history.

Tim Duncan

700

During Covid, this rapper and entrepreneur created a new platform to help black businesses access capital, and even partnered with JP Morgan to ensure the fair equitable access to PPP loans. 

Diddy

700

Opened in 1784, the Bank of New York was the first chartered bank in the United States. Founding shareolders included Thomas Jefferson, Benjamin Franklin, and this Secretary of the Treasury.

Alexander Hamilton

700

This president established a Bank Holiday, a week-long closure of banks during the Great Depression -- where upon reopening, provided a 100% deposit insurance; causing Americans to return more than half of the hoarded cash back into banks and stabilizing the US banking industry.

Franklin Delano Roosevelt

700

The BankAmericard program created by the Bank of America was a payment card service corporation that would later be named this in 1976; the latin word "papers that have been seen."

VISA

700

This bank was also an express company that was know for its stagecoaches that carried valuables and passengers across the western frontier in the mid-1800s. It acquired Charlotte-based Wachovia in 2008.

Wells Fargo

700

This President, who served from 1912 to 1920, signed the Federal Reserve Act, which created the central banking system of the United States. This was way before he was incapacitated by a stroke and his wife ran the country for his last year.

Woodrow Wilson

700

What US President allowed for the Second Bank of the United States charter to expire, and then transferred those funds to state-chartered "Pet Banks."

Andrew Jackson