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The Federal Reserve provides deposit insurance and acts as a lender to commercial banks.
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The Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation was established by the US government in 1933. The amount of reserves furnished to the FDIC was $289 million which came from the US Treasury Department and the Federal Reserve.
The Federal Reserve is the central banking system of the United States. It was created in the year 1913. Ben Bernanke is the chairman of the Federal Reserve. He has been the chairman since 2006. Before him, Alan Greenspan was the chairman of the Federal Reserve. The United States Government owns the Federal Reserve. They set policies like: 1. Minimum Deposit Rates 2. Loan Rates 3. Cash Reserve Ratio and other regulatory ratios 4. etc
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It examines state-chartered banks that are not members of the Federal Reserve System for safety, soundness, and compliance with consumer protection laws.
Approved Commercial or Investment Bank issued Negotiable Instruments of Deposit (NID).
FDIC - Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
The federal agencies that regulate depository institutions are: Office of the Comptroller of the Currency, Federal Reserve System, Federal Deposit Insurance System, National Credit Union Administration, and Office of Thrift Supervision.
Please don't assume that every old bill is a silver certificate. The banner across its top identifies your bill as a Federal Reserve Note only. There's more information at the question "What is the value of a 1914 US 50 dollar bill?" Federal Reserve Notes were very different from silver certificates and were never combined. Silver certificates were issued directly by the Treasury and were backed dollar-for-dollar with silver on deposit. Federal Reserve Notes are issued by the Federal Reserve Bank and are not backed with precious metal.