The FDIC protects the money depositors place in insured banks in the unlikely event of an insured-bank failure. Each depositor is insured to at least $250,000 per insured bank. FDIC deposit insurance covers all types of deposits held at an insured bank.

Nearly all banks are FDIC insured. You can look for the FDIC logo at bank teller windows or on the entrance to your bank branch. Credit unions are insured by the National Credit Union Administration.

The FDIC receives no Congressional appropriations - it is funded by premiums that banks and savings associations pay for deposit insurance coverage. The FDIC insures trillions of dollars of deposits in U.S. banks and thrifts - deposits in virtually every bank and savings association in the country.

To check whether the FDIC insures a specific bank or savings association: Call the FDIC toll-free: 1-877-275-3342. Use FDIC's "Bank Find" at: BankFind.

In general, nearly all banks carry FDIC insurance for their depositors. However, there are two limitations to that coverage. The first is that only depository accounts, such as checking, savings, bank money market accounts, and CDs, are covered.

In 2021, there were 4,236 FDIC-insured commercial banks in the United States. The FDIC, of Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, is an agency that insures the banking system in the U.S. The number of such registered banks has been declining since 20000, when it there were over 8,300 FDIC-insured banks in the country.

The standard deposit insurance coverage limit is $250,000 per depositor, per FDIC-insured bank, per ownership category. Deposits held in different ownership categories are separately insured, up to at least $250,000, even if held at the same bank.