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FDIC Consumer News

Current Issue - Summer 2018

Summer 2018 25th Anniversary Edition

25 Years of Tips You Can Bank On: Time-Tested Strategies for Managing and Protecting Your Money

About This Special Edition

Saving Money

About FDIC Insurance

Protecting Yourself

Banking and Bill Paying

Borrowing Money

Getting Organized

For Different Ages and Stages

Test Your Financial IQ

Also Inside

Printable Versions

Summer 2018 - Color PDF 1.9 MB
Summer 2018 - B&W PDF 1.9 MB

Original printing uses full color, plus Pantone 282 and Pantone 1245, on recycled, 70 lb., white, porcelain-silk text paper.

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This and other editions of FDIC Consumer News may be reprinted in whole or in part without permission. In addition, the FDIC offers this edition online in a PDF version (above) that looks just like the printed publication and can easily be reproduced in any quantity.

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FDIC Consumer News - Summer 2018

FDIC Consumer News is published by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation

  • Jelena McWilliams
    Chairman
  • David Barr
    Assistant Director, Office of Communications (OCOM)
  • Jay Rosenstein
    Senior Writer-Editor, OCOM
  • Mitchell W. Crawley
    Graphic Designer

Send your story ideas, comments, and other suggestions or questions to: consumeraffairsmailbox@fdic.gov or FDIC Consumer News, 550 17th Street, NW, Room F-6082, Washington, DC 20429.

Jay Rosenstein, Editor
FDIC Consumer News
550 17th Street, NW
Room 7100
Washington, DC 20429
E-mail: jrosenstein@fdic.gov

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Last Updated: February 27, 2019