1. { Your Checking Account Senior Advisory January/February 2012 Everyone get a Checking Account booklet and write your name on the upper right corner

2. Open Your Account – pg 2

3.  Always sign your checks the same way you sign the sign the Signature Card  Always use ink, pencil can be erased  Write clearly and neatly  Be sure all figures are legible  If you make a mistake, do not white out, write void in large letters on the front of the documents and writ another one. When using your checking account remember the above…….

4. Deposit Slip pg 2

5. Three Types of Endorsements pg 5

6.  Keep track of every transaction  Write it in your register or on your computer program  Keep ATM and POS receipts until you record them  Reconcile your checkbook monthly Notes About Checkbook Records

7.  Please review the following slides with class  Note the specific columns and what should be recorded where.

10.  Touch –Tone Banking  Check balance, activity, and transfers  Direct Deposit  Your paycheck goes directly into account  ATM – Automatic Teller Machine  Can get cash as well as other banking tasks  Automatic Payments  Pay bills automatically each month  Internet Banking  Full access to your account and can do many things  Debit Cards  Used like a credit card, money comes out of account 21 st Century Banking p. 10

11.  Complete the month of March as a group, individually or in small groups  Turn to page P8 (flip book over and around)  Beginning Balance is $201.76 (place on upper right of Page P9) Optional Activity