Tag Archives: FDIC
8 Personal Finance Tips for Young Adults
The basic concepts you need to embrace in order to take charge of your financial future
Young adults—in high school or college and just starting a career or a family—have plenty…
By BLACK ENTERPRISE
Real Estate Insider: 4 Things to Know About Reverse Mortgages
Real estate news and advice for individuals and investors
With the number of potential borrowers growing with the aging population, it’s important that homeowners…
By BLACK ENTERPRISE
5 Things You Should Know If Your Bank Fails
2010 may bring more bank collapses than last year. Here's how to protect your money
Through June of this year, 118 banks have failed—and have been taken over by the…
By John Simons
Get Schooled on the Different Types of Investments
Take time to understand your options -- and the characteristics of each
Before you invest, take some time to understand all of your options beginning with the…
By Patricia Stallworth
Overview: The White House’s Financial Reform Plan
Enforcing common-sense rules for consumers, investors
The White House issued a fact sheet on how the president’s financial reform plan will…
By BlackEnterprise.com
FDIC: Black Households Don’t Use Banks Regularly
Report highlights need for resources for minority families
Minorities and low-income households are less likely to have a bank account or more likely…
By Marcia Wade Talbert
The FDIC’s ‘Red’ Menace
The fund protecting your bank deposits has sunk "into the negative." Should you worry?
A few hours ago, news came across the transom that the government insurance fund that…
By John Simons
BE 100s Bank Acquires Home Federal Savings
Regulators shut down two black-owned institutions
Liberty Bank and Trust of New Orleans acquired Detroit-based Home Federal Savings Bank after the…
By Marcia Wade Talbert
Regulators Issue Cease and Desist Order to Chicago Bank
Highland Community faulted for unsafe banking actions
Chicago-based Highland Community Bank received a cease and desist order earlier this month from federal…
By Marcia Wade Talbert
Obama on the Record: Meeting with Bernanke, Bair
THE PRESIDENT: Well, first of all, Happy Easter and Happy Passover. I’m sorry…
