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The Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) changed its deposit insurance coverage for some accounts effective April 1, 2024. The basic insurance limit of $250,000 per account still holds and most types of accounts aren’t affected. The changes affect accounts of trusts and effectively reduce the insured amount for some trust…

Capital One and Walmart announced Friday that they ended the agreement that made Capital One the exclusive issuer of Walmart’s consumer credit cards. Walmart and Capital One launched their partnership in 2018 after the retail giant ended its two-decade partnership with Synchrony Financial. Capital One began issuing Walmart-branded credit cards…

The IRS recently announced that in 2024, for the fourth consecutive year, IRA beneficiaries don’t have to take the annual required minimum distributions (RMDs) described in the proposed regulations interpreting the 10-year rule of the SECURE Act. Recall that in late 2019 the Setting Every Community Up for Retirement Enhancement…

Amid 2024 presidential election campaigning, student loan debt and forgiveness is a critical issue to American voters with college graduates struggling to contribute to their loan tab. Across the country, Gen X and a portion of baby boomers racked up an average of $44,331 in loan debt per capita, which…

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