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.
A more specific definition in common use is an account with a balance that is the opposite of the normal balance (Dr/Cr) for that section of the general ledger. An example is an office coffee fund: Expense Coffee (Dr) may be immediately followed by Coffee-employee contributions (Cr).
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.