So I’ve heard about FDIC insurance and how it means that “your account is insured for up to $250,000.”
But let’s say I won $1M in the lottery. In order to maximize my insurance coverage, would I have to open up accounts at 4 separate banks? Or could I open 4 accounts at the same bank? If the latter, would these 4 accounts have to have their own separate logins? Or could I have a single login with, say, 4 money market accounts under that single login?
I swear I’ve tried to Google different variations of this question. I have even asked the poor accounts officer at my bank, but he didn’t seem terribly confident in his answer.
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Yep, you would need to go to multiple banks. Found this one out, apparently making multiple accounts within the same bank (such as 4 different savings which would be FDIC eligible) doesn’t count.
It’s funny because the wording sounds like it is per account but it is per customer.
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