Terminology
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Definitions
100

Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac, and Ginnie Mae are types of this

What is a mortgage-backed security?

100
Determined by net income divided by average number of shares of stock outstanding

What is Earnings per Share (EPS)?

100

To secure a loan, this is specific property or other assets pledged by a borrower to the loan department

What is collateral?

100

Carlisle Trust Company in this state started the first Christmas Savings Club

What is Pennsylvania?

100

He gave Fireside chats during the Great Depression

Who is Franklin Delano Roosevelt?

200

When a bank has more assets than liabilities

What is insolvency?

200

Longer-term securities with maturities of between 2-10 years

What are treasury notes?

200

FDIC's limit on deposit insurance coverage for a single account

What is $250,000?

200

The foundation of modern-day accounting methods

Double-entry bookkeeping

200

Official examination and verification of accounts and internal controls usually by an independent accountant, to determine whether financial information is accurate

What is audit?

300

Another term used for balance sheet

What is Statement of Condition?

300

Checking, savings, retirement savings, health savings, and education savings are types of this account

What are types of deposit accounts?

300

Facility operated by the Federal Reserve that processes inter-bank debits and credits

Automated Clearinghouse (ACH)

300

International money market rate that represents the average rate offered by banks for interbank placements of Eurodollars.

What is LIBOR?

300

Account that is opened by a representative for the benefit of another person such as trust accounts, estate accounts, and guardianships.

What is a fiduciary account?

400

A bank that has been in operation for five years or less.

What is a de novo bank?

400

These two transaction types are banks' biggest assets

Loans and Investments

400

Regulation that refers to "next-day availability"

What is Regulation CC?

400

The governing body of a corporation ultimately responsible for its financial performance, consisting of individual directors elected by the shareholders

What is the Board of Directors?

400

This event led to the creation of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC)


What is the Great Depression?

500

Education Savings Account that allows families to save for educational expenses through contributions that earn tax-deferred interest

What is Section 529 or Coverdell?

500

The result of the calculation (net profit divided by total assets) times 100

What is Return on Assets?

500

One of the tools used by the Federal Reserve to manage bank loans and bank deposits 


What are Reserve Requirements, Discount Operations, and Open-Market Operations?

500

Program required by USA Patriot Act for financial services providers to set up new accounts

What is a Customer Identification Program (CIP)?

500

The 12-month period selected by a business or government as an accounting period, at the end of which the books are closed and profit or loss determined

What is a fiscal year?