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Victoria Grant, age 12, exposes the banks

Kuah Victoria Grant Exposes the Banks Gasoline was $0.99 cents a gallon in 1998. I remember this because I was broke. I needed money for gas and only had $1.00 in my wallet. That gallon of gasoline actually took me where I wanted to go. Those were the good ol’ days. Just 12 short years later, gasoline is hovering around $4 a gallon […]

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Are Credit Unions FDIC Insured?

For anyone who works as a financial professional, it is just a matter of time until they must answer the question, “Are credit unions FDIC Insured?” And yes, I get this question quite often when I am referring folks to their local credit union. Fact is, credit unions have better insurance than the FDIC. To understand how […]

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How to avoid ATM fees

How to avoid ATM fees $7,000,000,000. Yup, it is likely that ATM fees alone will generate 7 billion dollars in revenue this year for the banks. My question to you is “How much of that 7 billion will come from your bank account?” I spent hours surfing the Internet looking for “good advice” on ways to keep more […]

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Two Types of Banks

Two Types of Banks “The bank has friendly tellers and nice commercials, aren’t they working in my best interests?” The first thing to remember is that you are nothing but a $ sign to the biggest banks. There never has…and never will be a plan to actually “help you,” and their only purpose is to serve the interests […]

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