Regulators announced a plan to raise deposit insurance coverage, promising greater protection for savers if a bank fails. The ...

A bipartisan proposal to write checks the government can’t cash.

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Legislation was introduced in the U.S. Senate last month that would raise the federal deposit insurance limit on non-interest-bearing transaction bank accounts (accounts typically used by businesses) ...

Learn how FDIC insurance protects business accounts, what types of accounts are covered, and the coverage limits to secure your business funds. The Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) ensures ...

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 ...