Can insurance coverage be increased by depositing funds with different insured banks?
A. Deposits with each FDIC-insured bank are insured separately from any deposits held at another insured bank. If an insured bank has branch offices, the main office and all branch offices are considered one insured bank. A depositor cannot increase insurance coverage by placing deposits at different branches of the same insured bank. Similarly, deposits held with the Internet division of an insured bank are considered the same as funds deposited with the “brick and mortar” part of the bank, even if the Internet division uses a different name. Financial institutions that may be owned by the same holding company, but that are separately chartered, are separately insured. Separately chartered banks have different FDIC Certificate numbers.
