Last Week Dave Was Looking for a Place to Deposit

Last week Dave was looking for a place to deposit a $30,000 inheritance from his Great Aunt Martha, who passed away three months ago. He does not plan to spend his money frivolously. He will need part of the funds from time to time for his college education, which he promised Great Aunt Martha he would complete. After speaking with several sales consultants in banking and nonbank institutions, he likes the fact that he can open a stock brokerage account and a money-market account at Goodman Stacks Investment Company (a nonbank company), and will be issued checks for paying bills. You remind him that with the recent mergers between banking and nonbank institutions, he may be able to find a company that provides (both) the convenience of banking services (ATM, cash availability) and low-risk/high-risk securities products.