There is a major problem with sending checks in the mail right now and it isn't letting up. Have you ever had a check that you sent in the mail and the person who was to receive it says that they never got it?
I know, I know, "Marissa, this sounds like a Monopoly joke!" You're right, it does.
"Bank error in your favor: $100."
Except, in this case...it's true!
My friends at Trustco Bank wanted to sponsor a blog from me so I thought I should probably write about banking. Wait! Before you run away and think I'm going to bore you with numbers and interest rates, give me a chance to entertain and inspire you with a love story. A true story that begins in a bank.
The year 2010 is going down in history, not for having the most productive economic year or the funniest celebrity mishap, but for having the highest number of bank failures in the U.S. since 1992.