— -- 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 ...

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, ...

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 ...

Banks would face much higher assessments to bring the Deposit Insurance Fund's reserve ratio into compliance. Those costs would be reflected in higher fees and reduced availability of credit, writes ...

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 ...

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.

NEW YORK -- U.S. businesses might be able to secure bank deposit insurance for accounts holding more than $250,000 if Congress agrees with the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp.'s new proposal to ease ...

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 ...

Dallas Fed President Lorie K. Logan listed some arguments for raising the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp.’s $250K limit on bank customers’ insured deposits in a speech on Thursday at a Dallas Fed ...

Proposed increases to deposit insurance coverage would be a giveaway to large banks and wealthy depositors, writes Ken Thomas. Contrary to the industry and even some mainstream media, the real "owners ...