Each depositor insured to at least $250,000 per insured bank

Publications and Other Resources

Audio files:

• Information Session on Money Smart for Small Business Held on July 17, 2012 - Audio file ( WMV- 16MB) and transcript (Word 141KB)

Longitudinal Evaluation of Money Smart:

• Survey Shows FDIC's Money Smart Program Improves Consumer's Money-Management Practices and Financial Confidence (FIL 46-2007)
• A Longitudinal Evaluation of the Intermediate-term Impact of the Money Smart Financial Education Curriculum upon Consumers’ Behavior and Confidence - April 2007 - PDF 1.1 MB (PDF Help)
• Banking on Financial Education (FDIC Quarterly, 2007 Volume 1, Number 2)

Other publications:

• Financial Institutions Encouraged to Work With Schools to Promote Youth Financial Education (FIL-80-2010)
• Financial Education and the Future - The Banking Industry's Role in Helping Consumers Manage Money and Build Assets (2009) - PDF 3.0 MB (PDF Help)
• Read about the winners of The Chairman's Award Program for Innovation in Financial Education conducted during the celebration of FDIC’s 75th anniversary.
• FYI: Delivery Systems for Financial Education in Theory and Practice (2004)

Press Releases

• PR-29-2011 FDIC Releases Updated Money Smart for Young Adults Curriculum (February 10, 2011)
• PR-251-2010 Joint Release/FDIC and NCUA Chairs Join Education Secretary to Announce Partnership to Promote Financial Education and Savings Programs (November 15, 2010)
• PR-239-2010 FDIC Releases Updated Money Smart Curriculum for Adults (October 29, 2010)
• MS-1-2010 FDIC Launches Spanish-Language Podcast (MP3) Version of the Money Smart Financial Education Curriculum (October 14, 2010)
• Previous Money Smart Press Releases 2005 through 2009 and 2002 through 2004

Statements & Remarks

• Statement of Sandra L. Thompson on the Federal Government's Role in Empowering Americans to Make Informed Financial Decisions before a United States Senate Subcommittee (July 15, 2010)
• Remarks by FDIC Chairman Sheila Bair to the Operation HOPE Financial Forum: Financial Literacy in the Backdrop of the Global Economic Crisis (April 7, 2010)
• Remarks by FDIC Chairman Sheila Bair at the Operation HOPE Global Financial Literacy Summit   (June 17, 2009)
• Statement of Robert W. Mooney on Financial Literacy and Education: The Effectiveness of Governmental and Private Sector Initiatives; before the Committee on Financial Services, U.S. House of Representatives (April 15, 2008)

Other FDIC Websites of Interest

• FDIC Consumer News
• FDIC Savings-Related Resources
• www.economicinclusion.gov (economic inclusion research and initiatives)