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Credit Lines are Getting Slashed »

By creditman on Oct 20, 2008 in Banking, Credit Cards | 0 Comments

Don’t be surprised if you wake up tomorrow morning and your credit card limits have been severely slashed.  In the last week we have heard from people who had an American Express card with a $75,000 limit slashed to $15,000 – another from $25k to $3,500 and in some cases banks just closed the credit [...]

FDIC Calculator »

By creditman on Oct 10, 2008 in Banking | 0 Comments

Wondering how much of your money is insured with banks?  The FDIC (Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation) has posteda financial tool  allowing consumers to estimate the insurance coverage associated with your bank accounts. The tool is called “EDIE the Estimator” and allows you to calculate the FDIC insurance coverage for each FDIC-insured account you have. [...]