Summarize Transaction Volume by Bank

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Problem

Argus Information & Advisory Services needs a quarterly transaction summary for activity monitored through its Argus platform. Write a PostgreSQL query that reports transaction volume by bank for completed transactions from January 1 through March 31, 2025.

Requirements

Include every bank, including banks with no qualifying transactions.
Return the number of completed transactions and their total amount for each bank.
Treat banks with no qualifying amount as having a total amount of zero, and order results by total amount descending, then bank name ascending.

Schema

banks

Column	Type	Description
bank_idPK	INTEGER	Unique bank identifier
bank_name	VARCHAR(100)	Bank name
region	VARCHAR(50)	Operating region

transactions

Column	Type	Description
transaction_idPK	INTEGER	Unique transaction identifier
bank_id	INTEGER	Bank associated with the transaction
transaction_date	DATE	Transaction processing date
status	VARCHAR(20)	Transaction processing status
amount	NUMERIC(14,2)	Transaction amount

Tablesbankstransactions

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