Related Services - The following company listings on the Debt Consolidation Loan Directory are offered to assist you with handling your credit card bills and other monthly payments. Also, in addition shop for other financial services ranging from credit card offers to home and car insurance.

• Personal Loans - Need a smaller loan? Personal loans are most often unsecured. That means you do not have to secure them with personal assets in order to do a debt consolidation. This type of financing is typically based upon your credit history and your ability to make your payments.
• Debt Management Services - Too many credit cards and other bills to make monthly payments on? Start here by reviewing and comparing different debt management options for getting help with your credit card bills and other monthly obligations.
• Credit Card Debt Settlement - High credit card balances making your monthly payments impossible to meet? The negotiation of your outstanding bills with your creditors may be a good debt solution for you. Educate yourself on your options and compare available programs.

New Deposit Insurance Resources in English and Spanish

The FDIC has released a new Spanish version of its online Electronic Deposit Insurance Estimator (EDIE), a user-friendly Internet service that helps consumers calculate the insurance coverage on their deposit accounts at an FDIC-insured institution.

Both the English and Spanish versions of EDIE have been updated to reflect the recent changes in deposit insurance coverage of retirement accounts.

To access the English and Spanish versions of EDIE as well as FDIC brochures and videos on deposit insurance coverage, go to www.fdic.gov/deposit/deposits/index.html. Consumer brochures also are available in Korean and Chinese.

FDIC Consumer News is published by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation

FDIC Consumer News is produced quarterly by the FDIC Office of Public Affairs in cooperation with other Divisions and Offices. It is intended to present information in a nontechnical way and is not intended to be a legal interpretation of FDIC or other government regulations and policies. Mention of a product, service or company does not constitute an endorsement.

Find current and past issues of FDIC Consumer News at http://www.fdic.gov/consumernews. Refer to this same index to locate the issues that are specially formatted for being reprinted in any quantity.

To receive an e-mail notice about each new issue of FDIC Consumer News posted on the FDIC Web site, with links to stories, follow instructions posted at www.fdic.gov/about/subscriptions/index.html.

Last updated on 5/08/2007

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