Most interest-paying checking accounts exhibit characteristics of both checking and savings accounts. Specifically, they earn relatively high rates of interest, especially compared with regular savings accounts, and allow relatively limited check-writing privileges. They are available through depository and nondepository institutions, including commercial banks, savings banks, credit unions, stock brokerage firms, mutual funds, and other financial services companies. What are some of the important characteristics of the following four major types of interest-paying checking accounts?

a. AMA: Asset Management Accounts
b. MMDA: Money Market Deposit Accounts
c. MMMF: Money Market Mutual Funds
d. NOW: Negotiable order of Withdrawal

This account offers a various service to the account holders such as verifying the accounts, debit or credit card facilities, transfers of money between the accounts of account holders and provides facility of lower interest rate on loan.

b. MMDA (Money market deposit accounts):

This is a saving account which helps to the account holders in earning higher rate of annual yield as compared to the traditional savings account. This account needs a higher minimum balance in accounts of the accounts holder as compared to the standard savings bank account.

c. MMMF (Money market mutual funds):

This is a account which facilitates to the individual to invest their money in debt or securities for a short term period and they can be withdrawal their money when they require or needs the money.

d. NOW (Negotiable order of withdrawal):

This is the interest earnings account which facilitates to the account holders in making the drafts in against of the money which they deposit with their respective banks.