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Basic Banking

Banks

How is the FDIC funded?

Although an independent agency of the federal government, in fact the FDIC is not funded by any congressional appropriation. It is funded entirely by insurance premiums charged to member institutions and from earnings by investing in U.S. treasury securities.



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