Resource Bank Contents. click image for close-up. The first and most identifiable image of the 18th century abolitionist movement was a kneeling African man. Members of the Society of Friends, informally known as Quakers, were among the earliest leaders of the abolitionist movement in Britain and the Americas.
FDIC insurance protects you from losses if your bank goes belly-up (assuming your money is in an FDIC-insured bank, and your savings are below the maximum limits). You might think of the bank as a very safe place for your money â and that is true â but banks lend your money out and invest it to earn money.
The FDIC is an independent agency of the United States government that protects your deposits in the event that an FDIC insured bank fails. The FDIC insures balances held in various types of consumer and business deposit accounts. FDIC insured up to $250,000. Deposits in checking, savings, money market and certificate of deposit accounts are insured up to $250,000 per depositor, per ownership type.