Bank runs can be scary, but they don’t always signal economic instability. A typical year sees at least a handful of bank failures, according to the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation ...

Since the collapses of Silicon Valley Bank and Signature Bank, coverage from the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) has been in the spotlight. The FDIC protects up to $250,000 per ...

Learn all about various types of certificates of deposit, how they work and how they potentially fit into your savings and investment planning. Browse Investopedia’s expert-written library to ...

Right now, the average six-month CD earns 1.63% interest, according to Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) data as of February 2025. We’ve compared 142 CD accounts at 84 nationally ...