Who’s Taking a Cut of Your Check?
A bank customer writes the check. The bank already holds the customer’s funds. The payee walks into that same bank with the bank’s own check—and gets charged for cashing it.
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Let’s not take their word for it. Let’s find out together!
Good. You’re here. Look at this chit. We bring the facts, the receipts, the context—and a healthy amount of questionable humor. You bring your curiosity. You decide what to think.
This is Billy. Curious. Confused. Occasionally full of Bull Chit. He’s digging through the evidence right alongside you.
FEATURED INVESTIGATION
Our check-cashing investigation is underway across the banking industry: what do banks charge to cash checks drawn on their own accounts, why, and what happens to the people receiving those checks?
A bank customer writes the check. The bank already holds the customer’s funds. The payee walks into that same bank with the bank’s own check—and gets charged for cashing it.
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What does the $10 pay for?
We sent a formal information request. As of , we had received no response, acknowledgment or referral.
The question remains open. So does the invitation to answer.
Open the case file →Questions are active. We’re gathering documents, experiences and answers.
We’re checking what the evidence supports, what conflicts, and what is still missing.
Our current findings are published. New evidence can bring the investigation back into motion.
Case status describes the work. A verdict describes what the evidence justifies.
THE VERDICT GETS ITS OWN BILLY
These are evidence-based ratings, not a substitute for the record. Read what we found, see what we could not establish, and make up your own damn mind.
The claim held up. The evidence is strong. Big Billy approval.
Solid result. Makes a strong case and does what it says.
Not bad. Not amazing. Some claims land better than others.
Something doesn’t add up. Slow down and look closer.
The claim didn’t survive the evidence. Receipts beat hype. Keep dat chit.
No rating is permanent. If better evidence changes the answer, we change the answer—and show you why.
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OUR PROMISE TO YOU
We don’t sell conclusions. We supply ammunition for YOUR thought. Facts. Receipts. Context. Questions. Then we get out of your way.
We publish what we actually find—whether it supports our expectations, contradicts them, or lands in the messy middle. We’re never so attached to finding Bull Chit that we stop being excited to discover something is legit.
We investigate practices, not people. “We don’t know yet” is a perfectly legitimate answer while the evidence is still being gathered.
And yes—sometimes WE’RE the ones full of Bull Chit. When that happens, we better roast ourselves just as hard.
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The documents. The developments. The answers when they arrive. And the occasional “Well… chit.” Follow the investigation as it unfolds.