How many CDs can you have at one bank? Most banks don’t limit the number, but FDIC insurance only covers up to $250K per depositor. Learn more.

The FDIC is an independent agency of the U.S. government that protects bank customers from losing their money in a bank should it fail. Deposits are insured for up to $250,000 per depositor, per ...

— -- Savers who are frustrated with limits on federal deposit insurance could find temporary relief in the $700 billion financial rescue package pending on Capitol Hill. Lawmakers are considering ...

Discover how the FDIC's EDIE tool helps calculate deposit insurance coverage at FDIC-insured banks, protecting up to $250,000 per account holder.

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 ...

Do you have more than a quarter-million dollars in your bank account? If not, you’re among the majority of Americans whose deposits are fully insured by the federal government. Should your bank go ...

Some bankers apparently think the "c" in the FDIC on their front door means insurance "cooperative," where they dictate their own premiums; the underlying designated reserve ratio, or DRR; and even ...

Representative Maxine Waters, a Democrat from California and chairwoman of the House Financial Services Committee, speaks during a hearing with Tim Sloan, president and chief executive officer of ...

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.