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Negotiable Order of Withdrawal account

Okay kiddo, let me try to explain this to you in a way that is easy to understand.

Have you ever heard of a piggy bank? It's a little container where you can put coins and bills to save money. A negotiable order of withdrawal (NOW) account is like a big person's piggy bank where they can put their money in a special bank account to save it or spend it.

The special thing about a NOW account is that you can use it to write checks. Do you know what checks are? They're a piece of paper that you sign and give to someone else, like the grocery store or your friend, so they can take money out of your bank account.

So, with a NOW account, you can write a check to pay for things instead of carrying around a bunch of cash. And if you have extra money in your account, you can earn interest on it. Interest is like a little bonus that the bank gives you for keeping your money in their account.

One important thing to remember about a NOW account is that you can't take out all of your money at once. You can only take out as much as you have in your account. It's like if you had a piggy bank with $10 in it, you can't take out $20, you can only take out what's in the piggy bank.

So, to sum it up, a NOW account is like a big person's piggy bank where they can save money, write checks, and earn interest. But they can only take out as much money as they have in the account.
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