The Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) insures online savings accounts and brick-and-mortar banks. If the bank has FDIC insurance and fails, up to $250,000 per account holder per account ...

Rates on savings accounts are the same compared to one week ago. You can now earn up to 5.84% on your savings. Searching for ...

A money market account is a deposit account you open at a bank or credit union. Money market funds, on the other hand, are a type of mutual fund you can use to invest in short-term debt.

Most consumers would benefit from using PayPal alongside a traditional bank rather than as a replacement. PayPal can handle ...

Looking to earn more on your savings? These four high-yield options pay 3.80% APY or more with no minimum balance requirements.

During the Great Depression, from 1930 to 1933, approximately 9,000 banks failed, taking with them $7 billion in depositors’ ...

A CD can help you lock in a high rate or save for future goals, but a money market account offers other benefits.

For example, the Discover Online Savings Account pays out 3.70% APY with no minimum deposit, while the Barclays Bank Savings Account reserve its highest 4.40% APY tier for balances of $250,000 or ...

A payable-on-death account and other types of deposit accounts, where funds pass to specific beneficiaries when the owner dies, can be insured up to $100,000 per beneficiary ($200,000 if there are ...

A payable-on-death account, and other types of deposit accounts where funds pass to specific beneficiaries when the owner dies, can be insured up to $100,000 per beneficiary ($200,000 if there are ...