When you deposit $10,000 or more in cash, your bank or credit union will report it to the federal government. The $10,000 threshold was created as part of the Bank Secrecy Act, passed by Congress in ...

A reader emailed that she walked into her bank with a little over $5,000 from selling her car. She expected a quick deposit. Instead, the teller hesitated and asked a few extra questions. It wasn't ...

Small cash deposits feel like the safest, most boring thing you can do with your money. Yet the way you space out those deposits, and the amounts you choose, can quietly trip alarms inside your bank's ...

Large cash deposits aren't illegal. But they do trigger reporting. Here's what your bank is actually reacting to.

I don't carry around giant lumps of cash often. But over the years, I've made my fair share of four-figure deposits into my bank account -- and when I did, I always wondered what the big deal was. Who ...