What is the main purpose of the FDIC?

Question 25 options:

To combat counterfeiting

To insure bank deposits.

To regulate banks.

To loan money to member banks.

Answer: To insure bank deposits

Explanation:

This is a body established by law and charged with the responsibility of providing insurance cover for depositors fund saved in the commercial banks and other financial institutions in the country. It is a body set up with the aims of ensuring that depositors can sleep with their two eyes closed without having to entertain any fear about the safety of their hard earned money which they had saved in the banks.

One of the main functions of commercial banks is to accept deposit from their customers and assist them in keeping the money. Therefore, there may be occasioned whereby banks may go into liquidation or been in a state of distress either due to the mismanagement of the banks by the board of directors of the banks or due to all other factors. FDIC is there to ensure that depositors do not lose all their hard earned money due to the liquidation of the banks concerned in the country by ensuring that they are paid their money.

To insure bank deposits.

Explanation:

After the great depression the FDIC was created to insurance bank deposits and to give stability and security to the financial system