The
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (
FDIC) is a United States government corporation providing
deposit insurance to depositors in US banks. The FDIC was created by the
1933 Banking Act after the
Great Depression to restore trust in the American banking system; more than one-third of banks failed in the years before the FDIC's creation, and
bank runs were common. The insurance limit was initially US$2,500 per ownership category. Since the passage of the
Dodd–Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act in 2011, the FDIC insures deposits in member banks up to US$250,000 per ownership category.