Ask the Lawyer columnist Ron Sokol discusses how the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation seeks to keep your banking ...

At each FDIC-insured bank where you have deposits ... Deposit Insurance Estimator (EDIE) to calculate how much of your money is insured. The FDIC insurance limit of $250,000 includes principal ...

This insurance covers up to $250,000 of your principal deposits and accrued interest in each account category at any given bank. It's possible to have more than $250,000 in insured money market ...

When a financial institution is federally insured, money deposited into a bank account will be ... account as an emergency fund. How much you should keep in your account may also depend on whether ...

To be eligible for our rankings, the banks must be FDIC-insured ... lose money on equities, including scenarios where you lose most of your investment. So while CDs won't return as much as stocks ...

Pretty much everyone has a checking account, but most people don't know how much money to keep in theirs. Find out the sweet spot.

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"As with bigger institutions, local banks are safe banking options as long as they're federally insured," Insider says ... where you can deposit your money. Credit unions are another option.

High-yield savings accounts (HYSAs) and money market accounts ... savings account, your deposits and earned interest are insured for up to $250,000 per depositor, per bank, by the Federal Deposit ...