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Made a comment on recent diary regarding the costs of insurance from climate change and its impact on inflation (here — www.dailykos.com/...) that I wanted to expand into a story. I was noting the existence of the Federal Farm Credit Banks Funding...
by tjlord
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on Thu Apr 18, 2024 at 11:20 AM PDT
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by Barry Deutsch
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on Thu Apr 18, 2024 at 07:46 AM PDT
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Has this happened to anyone else? I have a bank account at a super regional bank (we will call this Bank 1). They sent me a letter, offering me credit card account with a 21 month interest free period, including on balance transfers with a 3% fee on...
by Angela Marx
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on Thu Apr 11, 2024 at 11:42 AM PDT
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President Joe Biden struck a winning note in his State of the Union address when he announced that his administration has moved to cut credit card late fees from $32 to $8. It’s part of a broader ...
by Charles Jay
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on Fri Mar 08, 2024 at 01:58 PM PST
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The Equator Principles have been around since June 2003 when 10 big banking firms adopted them. Since then, between 70 to 100 financial institutions in many countries have signed on to the Principles. There’s been criticism from NGOs about...
by birches
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on Wed Mar 06, 2024 at 08:00 AM PST
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In one of his free-associative rants, Trump went on about how he would not let his followers be “de-banked” for their political beliefs. Which isn’t really a thing. Now, he may have had his hostages martyrs minions in jail on his mind. Admittedly, a...
by strawbale
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on Sun Jan 21, 2024 at 04:24 PM PST
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The richest people in the world are enjoying the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland. This year’s annual get-together began with an Oxfam report detailing how the five richest men in the world have more than doubled their wealth in the last...
by Walter Einenkel
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on Fri Jan 19, 2024 at 09:00 AM PST
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The greed of VISA and the big banks is driving a return to transacting in cash. The fee is just too high to ignore. - The convenient gas station has cash pricing. - The vendors at the farmers’ market take cash or charge a fee for using a credit card. -...
by SCRW56
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on Sat Sep 02, 2023 at 11:14 AM PDT
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Have you ever received a letter from a financial institution that notifies you that their systems were breached and that your personal information has been stolen? No, well I have, and not just once or twice but more like five times so far. I have had...
by LimitReached
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on Wed Aug 30, 2023 at 07:48 AM PDT
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Just a personal rant. I wanted to check my bank balance. A simple everyday task. I log into my account. This is what happens next Disclosures and Agreements Disclosures and Agreements Accept Disclosures and Agreements Please choose “Next” after you...
by Engaged
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on Sun Aug 27, 2023 at 01:13 PM PDT
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Imagine this: you work diligently, managing your finances responsibly. Meanwhile, bank executives are taking high-risk gambles with your hard-earned money. When these bets go awry, these same executives parachute out with golden exits, leaving the...
by rrbrown2
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on Wed Jun 21, 2023 at 08:42 AM PDT
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Earlier this week, First Republic Bank failed . Federal regulators seized its assets and promptly sold most of it to financial behemoth JPMorgan Chase & Co.� It was the second largest bank failure ...
by Paul Hogarth
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on Tue May 02, 2023 at 05:10 PM PDT
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Bank failures are in the news again today and so are questions about the need to insure all bank deposits, not just up to the current limit of $250,000. Maybe we should — but how? I don’t always like to privatize everything — but this seems like a good...
by marking time
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on Mon May 01, 2023 at 12:38 PM PDT
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The US economy is full of industries dominated by major corporations. I believe one reason consumers face high prices is that there are too many segments of US economy that simply are not competitive because of oligopoly pricing. We often don’t have...
by oc hope
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on Mon May 01, 2023 at 11:26 AM PDT
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The irony of the 1999 banking reform is that its repeal of Glass-Steagall prohibitions on risky bank investments did NOT blow us up. They might have, given time. But they didn't. It was Gingrich's entirely new retaliatory provision blocking Treasury's...
by DeposuitPotentes
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on Tue Mar 28, 2023 at 08:01 PM PDT
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I came across an NYT article about interest rate volatility that resonated — I know, I’m weird — the link is open access. Here’s the headline and subhead: “‘Bonkers’ Bond Trading May Be Sending a Grim Signal About the Economy. Wild swings in the...
by this is only a test
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on Mon Mar 27, 2023 at 06:40 AM PDT
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CNBC report here that mid-sized banks are asking the FDIC for 100% of all deposits with no limit on deposit amounts for the next two years. According to the Bloomberg report, the group proposed that the expanded insurance program be paid for by the...
by tjlord
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on Sun Mar 19, 2023 at 08:45 AM PDT
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by Nick Anderson
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on Wed Mar 15, 2023 at 03:00 PM PDT
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U.S. Senate candidate, Rep. Ruben Gallego (D. AZ-03) reminded us today that we need a real Democrat from Arizona in the U.S. Senate:
by poopdogcomedy
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on Mon Mar 13, 2023 at 04:22 PM PDT
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Fill your basketball brackets over the next few days, because some people are worried about how long their regional bank will last amid March Madness. Similarly, the ranking of banks and their unsecured holdings seems important for the MSM message of...
by annieli
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