Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation

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FEDERAL DEPOSIT INSURANCE CORPORATION

550 Seventeenth Street NW., Washington, DC 20429

Phone, 703-562-2222. Internet, www.fdic.gov.

CHAIRMAN Sheila C. Bair

Vice Chairman Martin J. Gruenberg

Director, Appointive Thomas J. Curry

Director, Comptroller of the Currency John C. Dugan

Director, Office of Thrift Supervision (vacancy)

Deputy to the Chairman and Chief Operating John F. Bovenzi

Officer

Deputy to the Chairman and Chief Financial Steven O. App

Officer

Deputy to the Chairman for External Affairs Paul Nash

Chief of Staff Jesse O. Villarreal, Jr.

Deputy to the Vice Chairman Barbara A. Ryan

Deputy to the Director (Appointive) Lisa Roy

Deputy to the Director (Comptroller of the William A. Rowe III

Currency)

Deputy to the Director (Office of Thrift (vacancy)

Supervision)

General Counsel Roberta McInerney, Acting

Director, Division of Administration Arleas Upton Kea

Director, Division of Finance Bret D. Edwards

Director, Division of Information Technology and Michael E. Bartell

Chief Information Officer

Director, Division of Insurance and Research Arthur J. Murton

Director, Division of Resolutions and Mitchell L. Glassman

Receiverships

Director, Division of Supervision and Consumer Sandra L. Thompson

Protection

Director, Office of Diversity and Economic D. Michael Collins

Opportunity

Director, Office of Enterprise Risk Management James H. Angel, Jr.

Director, Office of International Affairs Fred S. Carns

Director, Office of Legislative Affairs Eric J. Spitler

Ombudsman Cottrell L. Webster

Director, Office of Public Affairs Andrew S. Gray

Chief Learning Officer Thom H. Terwilliger

Inspector General John T. Rymer

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The Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation promotes and preserves public confidence in U.S. financial institutions by insuring bank and thrift deposits up to the legal limit of $100,000; by periodically examining State-chartered banks that are not members of the Federal Reserve System for safety and soundness as well as compliance with consumer protection laws; and by liquidating assets of failed institutions to reimburse the insurance funds for the cost of failures.

The Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) was established under the Banking Act of 1933 in response to numerous bank failures during the Great Depression. FDIC began insuring banks on January 1, 1934. As of April 1, 2006, the deposit insurance coverage on certain retirement accounts at a bank or...