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Visit the website of a large national bank, regional bank, or credit union, and use the information you find there to answer the questions below. EXAMPLE: Some large banks you might consider include Bank of America®, JPMorgan Chase®, Wells Fargo®, Citibank®, and U.S. Bank®.

a. What is the name of the bank or credit union? (0.5 points) b. List three facts about savings account options at the bank or credit union you chose. (3 sentences. 1.0 points)

c. List three facts about checking account options at the bank or credit union you chose. (3 sentences. 1.0 points)

d. Does this bank or credit union offer online banking? (0.5 points)

e. Would you be likely to choose this as your bank or credit union? Why or why not? List at least two reasons for or against choosing this bank or credit union. (3-6 sentences. 2.0 points)

2. Visit the website of a second large national bank, regional bank, or credit union, and use the information you find there to answer the questions below.

a. What is the name of the bank or credit union? (0.5 points)

b. List three differences you found between the accounts and features this bank or credit union offers and the bank from question 1 above. (1-3 sentences. 1.0 points)

c. Which of the two banks or credit unions that you researched would you be most likely to choose to open an account with? Why? (2-4 sentences. 2.5 points)

3. What type of bank risk would worry you the most as an account holder? How should the bank protect itself against that risk? (2-4 sentences. 1.0 points)

4. If you had a bank account, which two methods of completing transactions do you think you would use most frequently? Why? (2-4 sentences. 1.0 points)

5. In your Section_3 folder, navigate to and open the Example_Check_Register and Example_Bank_Statement, and then answer the questions below.

a. According to the bank statement, how many checks were written from this account during the statement period? (0.5 points)

b. There

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