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U.S. Banking Today
Chapter 13 Section 3
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Economics
12th Grade
04/19/2012

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commercial banks
Definition
lend money, accept deposits, and transfer money among businesses, other banks, and financial institutions, and individuals
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saving and loan associates
Definition
established to lend money and accept deposits
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mutuak saving banks
Definition
set up to serve people who wished to make small deposits that large commercial banks did not want to handle
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credit unions
Definition
when members deposit money, they purchase shares that pay interest. these savings pools rae used to supply low-cost loans to their members.
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automated teeler machines
Definition
(ATM) make payments on bank loans or transfer money from one account to another automatically. makke deposits or withdrawals from checking and savings accounts.
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automatic clearing house services
Definition
trandfers money from a customer's account to those of his or her creditors.
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point-of-sale transactions
Definition
direct transfer of money from a banker's account to a seller's account.
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home banking
Definition
opens accounts over the internet for customer's who are unable to come to one of the bank's branches
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deregulation
Definition
reduction of government restrictions
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increased competition
Definition
eliminated traditional differences between financial institutions such as commercial banks and S&Ls.
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regional banking
Definition
allows banks to merge with other banks and to build branch offices in other states whose state legislatures were agreeable to the expansion
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loan defaults
Definition
failure to make payments on a loan
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bank failures
Definition
when a bank no longer has enough assets to cover its accounts
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saving and loans in crisis
Definition
borrowers fail to make payments on many loans some savings and loan associations fail and others are absorbed by larger financial institutions
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