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{{Infobox government agency
| agency_name = Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
| logo = US-FDIC-Logo.svg
| logo_width = 150px
| logo_caption = 
| seal = Seal of the United States Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation.svg
| seal_width = 150px
| seal_caption = 
| formed = {{Start date and age|1933|6|16|y=df}}
| jurisdiction = [[Federal government of the United States]]
| headquarters = [[Washington, D.C.]]
| employees = 8,713 (December 2012)<ref>{{cite web |url= http://www.fdic.gov/bank/statistical/stats/2012mar/fdic.html|title= Statistics At A Glance|publisher= FDIC|accessdate= 8 June 2012|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20120627235406/http://www.fdic.gov/bank/statistical/stats/2012mar/fdic.html|archive-date= 27 June 2012|url-status= dead|df= dmy-all}}</ref>
| budget = 
| chief1_name = [[Martin J. Gruenberg]]
| chief1_position = Chairman
| chief2_name = [[Travis Hill]]
| chief2_position = Vice Chairman
| website = [http://www.fdic.gov www.fdic.gov]
}}
The '''Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation''' (FDIC) aims to keep people’s money safe. Specifically, the money people put into American banks. If money is lost they will replace it. The FDIC will replace up to $250,000 per person, per bank. {{As of|2012|09|30|df=US}} the FDIC insured 7,895 different [[banks]] or institutions.<ref name="fdic press release">{{cite web | url=http://www2.fdic.gov/idasp/ | title=fdic key statistics | accessdate=2010-06-03 | archive-date=2010-06-04 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100604000628/http://www2.fdic.gov/idasp/ | url-status=dead }}</ref> The FDIC also watches banks or institutions for problems or failings.

The FDIC was made during the [[Great Depression]] by [[President of the United States|President]] [[Franklin Delano Roosevelt|Franklin Roosevelt]] in June [[1933]]. This is an important occurrence in United States history because it guaranteed people their money. This also helped people feel safer when using banks in the United States.

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==Other websites==
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* [http://www.fdic.gov/ Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation] (official website)
* [http://www.fdic.gov/bank/statistical/stats/2008jun/fdic.html FDIC Statistics at a Glance] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080914071144/http://www.fdic.gov/bank/statistical/stats/2008jun/FDIC.html |date=2008-09-14 }} (FDIC.gov)
* [http://www.fdic.gov/bank/individual/failed/banklist.html FDIC List of Failed Banks]
* [http://frwebgate.access.gpo.gov/cgi-bin/getdoc.cgi?dbname=109_cong_public_laws&docid=f:publ173.109.pdf The Federal Deposit Insurance Reform Conforming Amendments Act of 2005]
* [http://www.fdic.gov/bank/analytical/firstfifty/epilogue.html History including Boards of Directors] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170628184608/https://www.fdic.gov/bank/analytical/firstfifty/epilogue.html |date=2017-06-28 }}
* [http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2009/03/06/60minutes/main4848047.shtml 60 Minutes - Your Bank Has Failed: What Happens Next?] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130511235718/http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2009/03/06/60minutes/main4848047.shtml |date=2013-05-11 }}


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