Recent bank failures have focused attention on deposit insurance. With the recent failures of Silicon Valley Bank and Signature Bank the FDIC ensured all depositors were quickly paid back in full.

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Even if your bank fails, if your assets are in an eligible account at a FDIC-member financial institution, you will get your money back up to the FDIC’s $250,000 insured limit. Amidst a wave of bank ...

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

We all keep a substantial chunk of our savings in bank deposits without thinking for a moment of the safety of our money. Rarely would we come across a situation when a bank goes bankrupt, and is ...

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Sen. Bill Hagerty, R-Tenn. WASHINGTON — Some small banks are continuing to push back against a bill that would raise deposit insurance limits for business accounts, even as the legislation, which has ...

House Financial Services Committee Chair French Hill, R-Ark. WASHINGTON — Lawmakers signaled less enthusiasm to quickly pass a massive hike in deposit insurance for some accounts, slowing progress on ...

Each government failure becomes an excuse to do more of what failed. It is sad but not surprising to see this expensive and destructive cycle of failure repeat itself with banking regulation.

Senators Bill Hagerty and Angela Alsobrooks have introduced legislation that would raise the FDIC deposit insurance limit on noninterest-bearing transactions account balances from $250,000 to $10 ...