How To Open A Checking or Savings Account

A checking account for spending and a savings account for saving: setting up these accounts is a simple way to help get your finances in order. This guide walks you through how to choose a bank, open both accounts, and use them regularly. It also covers how to write a check, how to read the numbers at the bottom of one, how debit cards work, and how to send money electronically. Bonus: There's a diagram of a filled-out check that makes everything easy to understand.