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The banks incur lots of operational expenses processing transactions, paying for an ATM network, handling customer support calls, dealing with fraud, etc.


That is nothing compared to interest expense on CD's or other interest bearing accounts. Checking accounts are one of the most attractive sources of funding for banks (notwithstanding maturity mismatch).




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