Holly Humbert is a freelance writer who is passionate about entrepreneurship, women in business and financial literacy. In addition to writing, Holly works in marketing helping clients harness the ...

There are several organizations that have been set up to protect consumers' financial assets — the FDIC which covers deposits in banks and savings associations, the NCUA which does the same for most ...

The National Credit Union Administration (NCUA) is the government agency that insures deposits at member credit unions. When your money is in a share account with a federally insured credit union, ...

Most U.S. credit union members probably know the National Credit Union Administration as the independent federal agency that insures their deposits. Beyond that, the NCUA — established by Congress in ...

Many banks offer money market accounts as a place to earn some interest on your money, with easy access to the funds when you need them. While a money market account comes with the perks of interest ...

Miranda Marquit is a staff senior personal finance editor for Buy Side from WSJ. Staff Deputy Personal Finance Editor, Buy Side from WSJ Valerie Morris is a staff deputy personal finance editor at Buy ...

Standard FDIC and NCUA insurance covers up to $250,000 of deposits and interest earned on those deposits. Online-only banks also provide FDIC insurance, but fintech companies aren't part of the FDIC ...

FDIC insurance is backed by the full faith and credit of the U.S. government and guarantees bank consumers that their money is safe for up to a limit of $250,000 per depositor, per FDIC-insured bank, ...

Senate Banking Committee Chairman Tim Scott today led a discussion on deposit insurance and safeguarding the American financial system. In fact, over 99 percent of all deposit accounts are fully ...

ALEXANDRIA, Virginia, Oct. 21-- The National Credit Union Administration issued the following statement on Oct. 19, 2023, by Vice Chairman Kyle S. Hauptman on the notice of proposed rulemaking on ...