If you have an open account with a financial institution, you’ll receive a statement for that account periodically. What is an account statement? In simplest terms, it’s a summary of the transactions ...

Julia Kagan is a financial/consumer journalist and former senior editor, personal finance, of Investopedia. Khadija Khartit is a strategy, investment, and funding expert, and an educator of fintech ...

Tracking your income and expenses can help you make prudent financial decisions and feel more in control of your money. Many people turn to bank statements when planning budgets and looking for ...

How Often Should You Review Your Brokerage Account Statements for Accuracy? When was the last time you read your brokerage account statement? For many of us, the answer may be "a while ago" or maybe ...

When you open a business bank account, monitoring your bank statements regularly is an even more pressing issue compared with personal accounts. Your statements contain important data about your ...

Lucas Downey is the co-founder of MoneyFlows, and an Investopedia Academy instructor. A combined statement includes information on a customer's various retail banking accounts onto a single periodic ...

Aside from learning more about your financial habits, checking account statements give you the chance to catch anything that seems fishy in your account. Watch out for these four red flags the next ...