Learn how these federal agencies safeguard your deposits at credit unions and banks, offering protection up to $250,000 per ...

Most certificates of deposit (CDs) are insured by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) if they’re issued by a member bank. That means your money is protected up to $250,000 per depositor, ...

The Federal Deposit Insurance Corp., an independent federal agency, serves several functions. Arguably its most important job is insuring money you’ve deposited at an FDIC-member bank. The FDIC ...

The FDIC was established in 1933 to protect deposit accounts in the event of a bank failure. FDIC-insured accounts are covered for up to $250,000 per depositor, per ownership category at an insured ...

New legislation in Congress vows to protect Main Street, but the specifics suggest something else entirely. The proposal, called the Main Street Depositor Protection Act, would raise the Federal ...

The Federal Deposit Insurance Corp.'s Board of Directors Tuesday issued a proposed rule for public comment that would revise how banks must display FDIC signage on digital interfaces and ATMs where ...

FDIC insurance covers up to $250,000 per depositor, per bank, per ownership category — meaning a single person can protect far more than $250,000 by using different account types at the same ...