Friday, December 30, 2011

Savings bonds sales to become limited

Over the decades, billions upon billions of dollars of paper savings bonds were purchased at banks and credit unions.

That's about to end.

Starting Jan. 1, savings bonds will no longer sold in paper form at financial institutions. Instead, electronic savings bonds in Series EE and I will be available only through www.treasurydirect.gov, where bonds have been sold since 2002.

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