Banking Vocabulary Quiz

A nine-digit code printed on the bottom of checks to identify the financial institution on which it was drawn.

• Check cashing fee

• ABA number/routing number

• Automatic bill payment services

• Credit

Payment cards issued by banks. They are linked to your bank account, and you can use them for withdrawing money from ATMs.

• U.S. Savings bond

• Savings bank

• Checking account number

• ATM card

When money is automatically transferred on a scheduled date to pay a recurring bill, such as a mortgage, credit card, or utility bill

• Money order

• Automatic bill payment services

• Securities Investor Protection Corp

• PIN number

The amount of money in a financial repository, such as a savings or checking account.

• Liquidity

• Account balance

• Minimum balance required

• Money market account

A financial institution that accepts deposits from the public and creates a demand deposit while simultaneously making loans.

• Bank

• Check cashing centers

• Line of credit

• Automatic bill payment services

A printed record of the balance in a bank account and the amounts that have been paid into it and withdrawn from it, issued periodically to the holder of the account.

• Check fraud

• FDIC

• Check

• Bank Statement

A check for which there are not enough funds in the bank customer's account to cover it

• Financial intermediaries

• ABA number/routing number

• Check

• Bounced check

A type of loan that allows you to borrow money from a lender and use that money to purchase a car.

• Checking account number

• Automatic bill payment services

• Car (Auto) loan

• ATM card

A loan which is received by the borrower in cash

• Minimum balance required

• Cash loan

• Predatory lending

• ATM card

A check written by a financial institution on its own funds, signed by a representative, and made payable to a third party.

• FDIC

• Redlining

• Cashier’s check

• Line of credit