To endorse the check, you'll just have to flip it over and sign the line with the x to the left of it. This line will be found at the top of the check, and you'll sign it sideways. Do this right before you go to the ATM or the bank, so that your check cannot be cashed if you lose it. If you don't endorse the check, that makes it harder for the bank to accept it from a person who wants to cash it for ulterior motives.
FDIC insured means that the government will give you your money back (up to $100,000) in case your bank goes out of business and can't pay you. If you have more than $100,000 to put into savings, try spreading it out over several FDIC banks with no more than $100,000 in each account.
Standard Coverage Limit. FDIC insures deposits up to $250,000 at FDIC-insured banks and savings associations. The insurance limit is applied to each depositor at an insured bank and includes separate insurance for different categories of account ownership that meet FDIC requirements.Accounts a depositor has at one bank and which are in the same account category are totaled and insured up to the standard insurance limit.he Federal Deposit Insurance Corp., or FDIC, is an independent federal agency that was established in 1933 in the wake of the bank failures of the 1920s and 1930s.