Of these, Wells, Fargo, Livingston and McKay were also on the board of American Express. Financier Edwin B. Morgan of Aurora, Cayuga County, New York, was appointed Wells Fargo's first president. They commenced business May 20, 1852, the day their announcement appeared in The New York Times.
t-account. The traditional way to record a debit and credit in one account shaped like a T.. The long line is for the account name, the left column is the debit amount, and the right column is the credit amount.
Perhaps the most common type of transaction account is a checking account where one can write a check or use a debit card to deduct an amount from the account and give it to a third party without having to go personally to the bank to make a withdrawal. See also: NOW Account, Demand Account. 1  Facebook.