Deposit Slip

Categories: Banking, Tech, Accounting

In Ye Olde Times, humans would physically go into a physical bank (then called "a building"), where they would reach deep into their pockets to take out a wad of cash. Said cash would be counted by the teller, also a human back then. When the amount was total'd—$412, or whatever the amount—the depositor would write down their bank account number, name, and whatever else, and that money would be deposited into their account. The teller would then give them a receipt for that $412 deposit, called a deposit slip. As in: a slip of paper with writing and stuff on it.

Most people doing banking who don't want a deposit slip purchase rubber mats with suction cups.

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