Yesterday, both the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) and the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) finalized new guidelines regarding bank mergers. According to the agencies, ...

The Federal Deposit Insurance Corp., which backs deposits at thousands of US banks, is laying out its guidelines for how ...

"FDIC Board approves proposed rulemaking for payment stablecoin issuers under GENIUS Act: reserve assets, redemption, custody ...

The FDIC was established in 1933 to protect deposit accounts in the event of a bank failure. FDIC-insured accounts are covered for up to $250,000 per depositor, per ownership category at an insured ...

In January 2026, the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) revised its digital-signage requirements, relaxing the guidelines that dictate where and how FDIC-insured labeling must appear online.

Both protect your deposits, but at different types of institutions Michelle Lambright Black is an expert on credit reporting, credit scoring, identity theft, budgeting, debt eradication, and the ...

FDIC proposes banks identify beneficial owners of fintech accounts Synapse Financial's bankruptcy led to freezing of thousands of accounts DOJ withdraws 1995 bank merger guidelines in favor of broader ...

If you keep more than $250,000 at any one bank, you might worry about whether your money is fully protected by government insurance. Maybe you sold a house or a business, adjusted your portfolio for ...

The Federal Deposit Insurance Corp., an independent federal agency, serves several functions. Arguably its most important job is insuring money you’ve deposited at an FDIC-member bank. The FDIC ...

Julia Kagan is a financial/consumer journalist and former senior editor, personal finance, of Investopedia. Ebony Howard is a certified public accountant and a QuickBooks ProAdvisor tax expert. She ...