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| The Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
(FDIC) is an independent federal agency created by the
Glass-Steagall Act of 1933 .
The vast
number of bank failures in the Great Depression spurred the
United States Congress into creating an institution which would
guarantee banks , inspired by the success the Commonwealth of
Massachusetts experienced with Deposit Insurance Fund (DIF).
The FDIC currently guarantees checking and savings deposits in
member banks up to $100,000 per depositor .
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