A safety deposit box, also known as a safe deposit box, is a secure storage container, housed within a bank or a financial institution’s vault. These boxes can provide you with a high level of ...

A relative passed away several years ago and, as the sole heir, you recently discover the relative has a safe-deposit box at the local bank. But you don’t have the key and have no chance of finding it ...

Safety deposit boxes offer enhanced security for valuables but aren't accessible outside bank hours. Items in safe deposit boxes are not FDIC insured; separate insurance is needed for coverage. Legal ...

Safe deposit boxes are a danger hidden in plain sight. It is tempting to think of them as an appropriate repository for all things valuable: jewelry, coins, cash, wills, powers of attorney. Cash is ...

Dear Bruce: My sister lived many years in western Pennsylvania and then moved to Fort Myers, Fla., for about 1 1/2 years before she passed. As the executor going through her things, I found two safety ...

Julia Kagan is a financial/consumer journalist and former senior editor, personal finance, of Investopedia. Betsy began her career in international finance and it has since grown into a comprehensive ...

Have you been considering getting a safe deposit box, but just don't know where to find one? Do you have important valuables and documents lying around the house? A robbery or fire could be especially ...

As personal banking goes digital, safe-deposit boxes may seem a relic from the analog age. Yet some people still want the security of storage away from home for valuables, important papers and ...

People with precious family heirlooms and documents that smoldered in safe-deposit boxes within one of the still-standing World Trade Center buildings have learned a hard lesson. Although the contents ...