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  2. United States Savings Bonds - Wikipedia

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    United States Savings Bonds are debt securities issued by the United States Department of the Treasury to help pay for the U.S. government's borrowing needs. They are considered one of the safest investments because they are backed by the full faith and credit of the United States government. [ 1 ]

  3. History of banking in the United States - Wikipedia

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    The savings and loan crisis of the 1980s and 1990s was the failure of 747 out of the 3,234 savings and loan associations in the United States. "As of December 31, 1995, RTC estimated that the total cost for resolving the 747 failed institutions was $87.9 billion."

  4. Cheque - Wikipedia

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    The United States relied heavily on cheques, due to the convenience it affords payers, and due to the absence of a high volume system for low value electronic payments. [38] In the US, an estimated 18.3 billion cheques were paid in 2012, with a value of $25.9 trillion. [39] However even in the United States cheque usage has seen significant ...

  5. Banking in the United States - Wikipedia

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    The Federal Reserve is the central bank of the United States. The central banking system of the United States, called the Federal Reserve system, was created in 1913 by the enactment of the Federal Reserve Act, largely in response to a series of financial panics, particularly a severe panic in 1907.

  6. Demand deposit - Wikipedia

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    In the U.S., demand deposits only refer to funds held in checking accounts (or cheque offering accounts) other than NOW accounts; however, in a 1970s and 1980s response to the 1933 promulgation of Regulation Q in the U.S., demand deposits in some cases came to allow easier access to funds from other types of accounts (e.g. savings accounts and ...

  7. United States Treasury security - Wikipedia

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    $500 Series EE US Savings Bond featuring Alexander Hamilton $10,000 Series I US Savings Bond featuring Spark Matsunaga. Savings bonds were created in 1935, and, in the form of Series E bonds, also known as war bonds, were widely sold to finance World War II. Unlike Treasury Bonds, they are not marketable, being redeemable only by the original ...

  8. Savings and loan crisis - Wikipedia

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    The savings and loan crisis of the 1980s and 1990s (commonly dubbed the S&L crisis) was the failure of approximately a third of the savings and loan associations (S&Ls or thrifts) in the United States between 1986 and 1995.

  9. Banker's draft - Wikipedia

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    A banker's draft (also called a bank cheque, bank draft in Canada or, in the US, a teller's check) is a cheque (or check) provided to a customer of a bank or acquired from a bank for remittance purposes, that is drawn by the bank, and drawn on another bank or payable through or at a bank. [1]