Defend Your Dollars is the website of the Consumers Union Financial Services Campaign, where we support reforms to the financial marketplace to curb bad practices by banks and lenders.
EDIE lets consumers and bankers know, on a per-bank basis, how the insurance rules and limits apply to a depositor's specific group of deposit accounts?what's insured and what portion (if any) exceeds coverage limits at that bank. EDIE also allows the user to print the report for their records.
EDIE calculates the insurance coverage for Personal Accounts?deposits held by people in single accounts, joint accounts, POD/ITF accounts, living trust account, irrevocable trust accounts, and Individual Retirement Accounts (IRAs); Business Accounts?deposits held by corporations, partnerships, and organizations, both for-profit and not-for-profit; and Government Accounts?deposits held by public units such as school districts, cities, municipalities, counties, and states.