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The FDIC protects against losses on bank accounts, but what happens to your investments if a mutual fund company collapses?

In Washington Tuesday, the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. asked Congress to temporarily increase the size of accounts it insures above $100,000.

It's a measure that has the support of presidential hopefuls and leaders of both parties in Congress.

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State regulators shuttered a Georgia bank late Friday, marking the tenth bank failure this year.

The recent failure of IndyMac has sent the FDIC's insurance fund balance to its lowest levels since 1995.

This is forcing the regulator to boost its reserves by increasing the fees banks pay.

More banks are in trouble than just three months ago according to the FDIC.

Six weeks after taking over mortgage lender IndyMac Bank, the FDIC announced a plan on Wednesday to automatically modify some of the bank's most troubled borrowers to keep them in their homes.

AP - The 28 branches of 1st National Bank of Nevada and First Heritage Bank, operating in Nevada, Arizona and California, were closed Friday by federal regulators.

The FDIC has gone out of its way to stress that most banks are safe. But how safe is the FDIC?

The FDIC stressed Sunday that the takeover of failed bank Indymac is largely a "non-event" for most customers.

With different banking regulations and no FDIC protection, foreign banks bring additional risk that might outweigh the relative safety of CDs.