FDIC Insurance Update

Important Information Regarding Your FDIC Insurance Coverage

Deposits at FDIC-insured institutions are now permanently insured up to $250,000 per depositor for each account ownership category.

Notice of Changes in Temporary FDIC Insurance Coverage For Transaction Accounts

All funds in a "noninterest-bearing transaction account" are insured in full by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation from December 31, 2010, through December 31, 2012. This temporary unlimited coverage is in addition to, and separate from, the coverage of at least $250,000 available to depositors under the FDIC's general deposit insurance rules.

The term “noninterest-bearing transaction account” includes a traditional checking account or demand deposit account on which the insured depository institution pays no interest. It also includes Interest on Lawyers Trust Accounts (“IOLTAs”). It does not include other accounts, such as traditional checking or demand deposit accounts that may earn interest, NOW accounts, and money-market deposit accounts.

View a chart of FDIC Deposit Insurance Coverage Limits by account ownership category.


For more information about temporary FDIC insurance coverage of transaction accounts, visit www.fdic.gov.