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 IMPORTANT INFORMATION RELATING TO HURRICANES
2007 Hurricane Season
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FOR THE CONSUMER
A to Z Guide A-Z Resource Guide -
Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services
Find an Agency Find a Florida
State Agency (MyFlorida.com)
Division of Real Estate Florida
Department of Business and Professional Regulation
State Regulators Related links to other states
MyMoney.gov U.S. Financial Literacy and Education Commission
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CONSUMER PROTECTION
PIRG Public Interest Research Group – Consumer
Protection
FBI/NWCC
Federal Bureau of Investigation/National
White Collar Crime - Consumer Resources
OAG Florida, Office of the Attorney
General - Information on Identity Theft
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FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS
FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS
Additional Related Links
FDIC Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
- Consumer Resources
ICBA Independent Community Bankers of America
OCC Office of the Comptroller of the Currency
OTS Office of Thrift Supervision - Consumer and
Community
The Federal Reserve
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FINANCE
AARP American Association of Retired Persons
- Money and Work
CFA Consumer Federation of America
DFS
Florida Department of Financial
Services - Your Money Your Life
FAMB Florida Association of Mortgage Brokers
FTC Federal Trade Commission - For the Consumer
HUD
U.S. Department of Housing and
Urban Development
IRS Internal Revenue Service - Criminal
Investigation
NACCA National Association of Consumer Credit
Administrators
Young Money Magazine - Your Life…Right Now
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MONEY TRANSMITTERS
FinCEN Financial Crimes Enforcement Network
MSB Money Services Businesses federal website
FTC Federal Trade Commission
– facts for consumers on Fair Debt Collection
MTRA Money Transmitters Regulatory
Association – an association of regulators of
the
money transmission industry
FSCFL Financial Service Centers of Florida
– Florida association
for check cashing industry
FISCA Financial Service Centers of America
– national association for check cashing industry
CFSA Community Financial Services Association
of America – national association for the payday
advance industry
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SECURITIES
Alliance for Investor Education - The Investor's Clearing
House
Foundation for Investor Education - Path to Investing
IPT Investor Protection Trust
Money Track A Public
Television Series
FINRA Financial Industry Regulatory
Authority (formerly NASD and NYSE)
NASAA North American Securities Administrators
Association
NFA National Futures Association - Investor
Services
SIPC Securities Investor Protection Corporation
SEC Securities and Exchange Commission
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STARTING YOUR OWN BUSINESS?
DOS Florida Department of State, Division
of Corporation
FEIN How to obtain a Federal Employer Identification
Number
SBA Small Business Administration
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DEPARTMENT OF FINANCIAL SERVICES
Chief Financial Officer
Accounting and Auditing
(State Payroll, Unclaimed Property), Agent & Agencies
(Insurance Licensing, Consumer Services, Funeral and
Cemetery Services, Insurance Fraud, Rehabilitation and
Liquidation, Risk Management, State Fire Marshal, Treasury,
Workers' Compensation
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OFFICE OF INSURANCE REGULATION
FLOIR
Regulation, compliance
and enforcement of life and health, property and casualty,
specialty lines and other regulated insurance entities
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