Checking Profitability? Created by m.moebs on 12/11/2022 2:17:27 PM Less than 25% of checking accounts make a profit.
This report gives you insight into the complete profit structure of what the world calls, Transaction Accounts.
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“The real challenge for depository C-Level management is not growth in assets or loans but finding profitability in T-Accts – the key to getting deposits – which fund assets and influence making of loans.”
Lake Forest IL (December 11, 2022) Only 23% of the 8,603 banks, credit unions, thrifts, and fintechs who offer T-Accts make money on them. This is the result of the Functional Cost Analysis (FCA) of Moebs $ervices, who took over the FCA from the Federal Reserve in 2003.
In 2019, only 6% of depositories had profitable T-Accts.
“Regulators, class-action attorneys, and consumer groups who target financial institutions because “that’s where the money’s at,” might want to rethink moves against T-Accts, because checking is the key to financial services relationships, which brings in the deposits that fund loans,” says Moebs. “If pushed too hard, depositories may switch to a pay-as-you-go T-Acct and not authorize debit card purchases, or put multi-day holds on direct deposits or limit the amount of the deposit which can be used for several days.” READ FULL ARTICLE
