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Bank size is not considered a significant factor in determining how banks are organized.

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• False

Nearly three quarters of all U.S. banks exceed $100 million in asset size apiece.

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• False

Nearly all U.S. banks with federal or state charters have their deposits insured by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation.

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• False

State-chartered banks in the United States represent about a quarter of all U.S.-chartered banks, while national banks account for approximately three quarters of all U.S. chartered banks.

• True

• False

The majority of all U.S. banks are members of the Federal Reserve System.

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• False

A banking corporation chartered by either federal or state governments that operates only one full-service office is called a unit bank.

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• False

Over half of all U.S. states today limit branching activity.

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• False

The average U.S. bank is larger in size (in terms of number of branch offices) than the average Canadian bank.

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• False

Despite the rapid growth of automation in U.S. banking, there are more full-service branch banking offices than automated teller machines across the whole U.S.

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• False

In the United States there are more one-bank holding companies than multi-bank holding companies.

• True

• False