Pawn Shops Vital to North Texans’ Finances

At least that’s what’s suggested by this tidbit from CNNMoney.com’s story about an FDIC survey that shows that 17 million Americans don’t have a bank account:

And while Texas is densely populated with banks, nearly a quarter of households in the Dallas-Forth Worth area have gone to a pawn shop or check cashing company recently to carry out a simple financial transaction.