John Quincy Adams had been in the White House two months in May 1825 when a Middletown apothecary owner got a local savings bank up and running, after a stretch of safeguarding customers' money and ...

The Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) has long been a cornerstone of financial security for Americans. However, ...

A seismic shift in Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. policy for handling a failing national or regional bank — foremost ...

Formed in 1933 during the Great Depression, the FDIC is one of several banking system regulators today. The agency is best known for running the nation’s deposit insurance program, which insures ...