How Your Accounts Are Federally Insured

The NCUA operates and manages the National Credit Union Share Insurance Fund (NCUSIF). Backed by the full faith and credit of the U.S. government, the NCUSIF insures the accounts of millions of account holders in all federal credit unions and the vast majority of state-chartered credit unions.

This booklet contains a detailed discussion of all available types of NCUSIF coverage, along with examples illustrating how the coverage works in practice.

Those with financial accounts within insured credit unions or considering the opening of such. Educators of financial credit matters, and credit union professionals will also benefit from this resource.