A bipartisan proposal to write checks the government can’t cash.

The Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) insures deposits of up to $250,000 per person, per ownership category, per bank. Bank networks, such as IntraFi Network Deposits and Impact Deposits ...

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 ...

— -- 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 ...

There are plenty of ways that lawmakers could help community bankers. Raising federal deposit insurance limits by a factor of 40 isn't one of them, writes Jill Castilla, of Citizens Bank of Edmond.

A client of mine, John, called last month asking what he should do with some extra cash sitting at a local bank. I asked what “extra” meant and what he wanted to accomplish. He paused for a moment and ...

FDIC insurance covers up to $250,000 per depositor, per bank, per ownership category — meaning a single person can protect far more than $250,000 by using different account types at the same ...