passbook
Sign in to save200px|right|thumb|Sample passbook (open), containing the same transactions as the bank statement A passbook or bankbook is a paper book used to record bank or building society transactions on a deposit account.
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Encyclopedic overview
8 sectionsContents
- History
- Usage
- Credits and deposits
- Debits and withdrawals
- Direct banking
- Gallery of passbooks
- See also
- References
200px|right|thumb|Sample passbook (open), containing the same transactions as the bank statement A passbook or bankbook is a paper book used to record bank or building society transactions on a deposit account.
thumb|right|200px|alt=A page with a pre-printed table. It has handwritten entries showing amounts of deposits and withdrawals, and the balance. Each entry has a post office date stamp.|The National Savings and Investments|Post Office Savings Bank introduced passbooks to rural 19th-century Britain.
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