What is the difference between una cuenta de cheques and una cuenta corriente?

Question

What is the difference between una cuenta de cheques and una cuenta corriente?

Answer 1

do you think a "cuenta corriente" could be a running tab at a bar?

Here in Ecuador, running a tab at a bar while you are there is the normal way of doing things. Paying for each drink is inconvenient because change is scarce.

Some people in the USA who frequent a bar run a tab and pay it off weekly, monthly or sporadically. They don't do that here. Some bars let you have credit rather than giving you change, but that is most common at bars owned by Americans. It is more common to carry the credit for a day or two, rather than have a running account with a positive balance.

None of these are called cuenta corriente.

Answer 2

Both are the same thing.

Once again, Chileno has it right. Así se hace. - Rey55, Jun 2, 2011

Una cuenta corriente = a checking account as opposed to una cuenta de ahorros = a savings account - margaretcorwin, Jun 3, 2011

Answer 3

~ corriente.

1. f. La que, para ir asentando las partidas de debe y haber, se lleva a las personas o entidades a cuyo nombre está abierta.

Answer 4

Say Ian, do you think a "cuenta corriente" could be a running tab at a bar? Just curious because it seems like it would fit the bill in that circumstance too. Gracias.

Edit: Say Chileno, do you think a "cuenta corriente" could be a running tab at a bar? Just curious because it seems like it would fit the bill in that circumstance too. Gracias.

I guess you frequent bars more frequently than I do Jeezle. I always pay cash on the head. :) - ian-hill, Jun 2, 2011

Cash on the barrell head? I love that saying and I never get to use it. ;) - jeezzle, Jun 2, 2011

Answer 5

A current account - a checking account (maybe the same I guess)