| A | B | 
| Depository | Earns money by accepting deposits from customers | 
| Credit Union | Example of a Depository Institution | 
| Nondepository | Earns money by selling services like policies and investments | 
| Investment Companies | Example of non-depository institution | 
| Services | Offers like savings, credit cards, safe deposit boxes, etc. | 
| Safety | A feature of banks that carry FDIC insurance | 
| Convenience | Given the access you need to your money | 
| Fees | Costs of the services financial institutions offer | 
| Restrictions | Things like minimum balances that are required | 
| Checking | Most common account used to make payments | 
| endorsement | Allows payee to cash or deposit check | 
| Blank | Type of endorsement that is least secure | 
| Special | Type of endorsement that transfers payment of check to someone else | 
| Restrictive | Type of endorsement that limits check to deposit only | 
| Signing | The last step in writing a check is ________ the check | 
| register | First step in writing a check is to record information in check _____ | 
| reconciliation | Process of making check register and bank statement balance | 
| outstanding | Type of check that has not been deducted from bank statement balance yet | 
| Reserve | The Federal _________ is a centralized banking system | 
| supervise | One role of Federal Reserve is to __________ banks | 
| national | Type of bank required to be member of Federal Reserve | 
| twelve | Number of districts in Federal Reserve | 
| reserves | The Federal Reserve holds _______ for banks | 
| currency | The Federal Reserve supplies paper ______ | 
| Discount | The Federal Reserve manages the ______ rate |