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Home --> Business --> Bank On It

Bank On It

Banks are the businesses we love to hate. They're the symbol of money, especially the money we don't have. And when they make mistakes, they're rarely in our favor.

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        Green bullet = true
        Red bullet = false
        Multiple status bullet = multiple truth values
        Yellow bullet = undetermined
        White bullet = unclassifiable veracity

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Red bullet Someone once wrote a check on the side of a cow.

Green bullet Customer moves his million-dollar account after his bank refuses to validate a 50¢ parking ticket.

Yellow bullet Woman without driver's license tries to cash check by offering magazine with nude photos of herself as identification.

White bullet Customer clears installment loan early by sending last coupon from payment book with first payment.

White bullet Enterprising crook scams money by leaving blank deposit slips imprinted with his account number in the bank.

Green bullet Crook posing as security guard places 'OUT OF ORDER' sign on bank's night depository and collects depositors' money himself.

White bullet Forger steals money by manipulating routing numbers on checks.

White bullet The kind of year the stock market will have is predicted by the winner of the Super Bowl.

White bullet Bank employee embezzles large amount of money by stealing small sums from many different accounts.

Red bullet A debtor can discharge his obligations by sending his creditor a check made out for a fraction of the amount owed with the words 'Paid in full' written on it.

White bullet Man battles $0.00 charge that won't go away.

White bullet Disgruntled customer writes caustic letter to his bank over a bounced check.

White bullet Bank attempts to collect credit card service fees from dead customer.

Green bullet American Express issues a special black card that allows its holders to buy anything.

Multi-colored bullet After the implementation of "Check 21" on 28 October 2004, consumers will no longer be able to "float" checks.

Green bullet A bank issued a credit card to a tree.

Red bullet Entering one's PIN in reverse at any ATM summons the police.

Yellow bullet Albert Einstein once declared compound interest to be "the most powerful force in the universe."*

Red bullet After a bank failure, insured deposits are paid back by the FDIC over a very long period of time.

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