When markets get volatile and economic uncertainty creeps in, investors often find themselves asking one question. Where can ...

House Financial Services Committee Chair Patrick McHenry, R-N.C., said Tuesday that it was "unlikely" that deposit insurance reform passes in the current Congress and that talks on deposit insurance ...

Banking has changed significantly since 2006, when the FDIC last updated its regulation on the official sign and advertising statement. Consumers are increasingly relying on internet and mobile ...

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 ...

The banking crisis of 1933 is arguably the worst US financial crisis since the Federal Reserve’s founding. Crisis management required extraordinary measures, including blanket deposit guarantees, ...

— -- 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 ...

Proposals are now circulating in Washington to increase deposit insurance limits radically, including the bill from Sens. Bill Hagerty (R-TN) and Angela Alsobrooks (D-MD) to boost coverage from ...

The Main Street Depositor Protection Act would expose taxpayers to enormous risk, eliminate crucial market discipline and primarily benefit wealthy corporations rather than ordinary Americans. The ...

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Politicians in Washington have the shortest memories. Maybe that’s why they so seldom learn from their sometimes catastrophic mistakes. It was less than 20 years ago that the U.S. economy was ...