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.

Officials from both parties are pushing to raise the FDIC insurance limit from $250,000 to $10 million. But not only millionaires would benefit. Money; Getty Images In a rare moment of bipartisan ...

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 ...

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

— -- 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 ...

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 ...

The FDIC is an independent government agency headquartered in Washington, D.C. that oversees the banking industry. Its primary duty is to insure deposits at U.S. banks. The FDIC also supervises and ...

Gabriela Walsh is a Certified Educator in Personal Finance® and a personal finance editor at Red Ventures. Her previous work experience includes various editorial positions at FinanceBuzz. She ...

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.

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 ...