NCUA Insurance Coverage for Transaction Accounts 

The National Credit Union Share Insurance Fund (NCUSIF) is the federal fund created by Congress in 1970 to insure member's deposits in federally insured credit unions. On July 22, 2010, the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act was signed into law and included permanently establishing NCUA’s standard maximum share insurance amount at $250,000. All deposit insurance resources reflect this higher level of coverage.

Administered by the National Credit Union Administration, the NCUSIF is backed by the full faith and credit of the U.S. Government.

The term “noninterest-bearing transaction account” includes a traditional share draft account (or demand deposit account) on which the insured credit union pays no interest or dividend.  It does not include any transaction account that may earn interest or dividends, a negotiable order of withdrawal (“NOW”) account, money-market deposit account and Interest on Lawyers Trust Account (‘IOLTA”), even if share drafts may be drawn on the account.

For more information about NCUA insurance coverage of transaction accounts, visit www.ncua.gov.