Depositing more than $5,000 in cash is routine. Here's what banks look for and what happens after your deposit clears.

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 ...