FDIC

The Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation is one of two agencies that provide deposit insurance to depositors in U.S. depository institutions, the other being the National Credit Union Administration, which regulates and insures credit unions.

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FDIC Focused On Nonbanks
FDIC Focused On Nonbanks
October 29, 2014  |  News

The FDIC is keeping a close eye on nonbank financial companies, including technology startups, and how they’re affecting banks, American Banker reported. FDIC Chairman Martin...

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Payment Processor Porn Pressure
Payment Processor Porn Pressure
October 06, 2014  |  News

Regulation makes strange bedfellows, and possibly none stranger than pornographers and payments processors who have banded together to fight federal legislation that seeks to limit...

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FDIC’s Gruenberg : Cyber-Threat Defenses Require A ‘Shift In Thinking’
FDIC’s Gruenberg : Cyber-Threat Defenses Require A ‘Shift In Thinking’
September 24, 2014  |  Hmmm

New technologies often bring with them new vulnerabilities, and in this period of rapid innovation, banks’ need to manage the associated operational risks is the...

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U.S. Credit Card Debt Set To Reach Pre-Recession Levels
U.S. Credit Card Debt Set To Reach Pre-Recession Levels
September 16, 2014  |  Cool

U.S. consumers racked up credit-card debt in Q2 twice as fast as at any time since the recession — and credit-card charge-off rates appear to...

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FDIC: Bank Loans Soaring, Risk-Taking Begins
FDIC: Bank Loans Soaring, Risk-Taking Begins
September 01, 2014  |  News

Banks in the U.S., trying to fight back revenue declines, “boosted lending in the second quarter at a pace unseen since the financial crisis,” according...

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Small Businesses Lending Slow To Recover Even As the Economy Rebounds
Small Businesses Lending Slow To Recover Even As the Economy Rebounds
August 21, 2014  |  Alternative Finances

Six-years out, the United States economy seems by most measures to be settling into a stable if unspectacular recovery. The jobless rate is below 7...

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