banks and banking

Offers young adults practical advice on opening their own bank accounts, including checking and savings, and making smart financial and investment decisions.

Photographs and simple text introduce young readers to checking accounts, how they work, paying by check, and balancing a checkbook.

Looks at the fraudulent practices at banks that contributed to the 2008-2009 financial crisis, and investigates why Wall Street's leaders have escaped prosecution.

An introduction to banking, looking at the differences between commercial banks, credit unions, and savings and loans, and explaining how to use debit cards, ATM cards, and personal checks, how to write a check and balance a checkbook, and how to bank online.

Photographs and simple text introduce young readers to the different types of banks, how they work, how banks make money, and electronic banking.

Explains what a bank is and describes some of the different transactions that can be made at a bank, including opening savings accounts, making deposits, taking out loans, and withdrawing funds.

An introduction to banks and banking that discusses deposits and withdrawals, checking and savings accounts, bank business and security, safe deposit boxes, ATMs, and how banks help a community.