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Google Wallet Funds Get FDIC Insurance

  • Yahoo, Tuesday, April 21, 2015 9:31 AM

Google  is making a big change to its mobile payment service, Google Wallet, Yahoo Finance has learned. Funds that are left in Google Wallet will now be FDIC-insured, which means Google users’ money is now a whole lot safer — and they probably never even knew it. Here’s why this matters: when you stash your cash in mobile payment apps like Venmo, PayPal and Google Wallet, that money is not FDIC-insured. The Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation protects funds held by banking institutions up to $250,000. This is a good thing because, as history has proven time and again, banks can fail and when they do, the little guys need someone looking out for them. These hot new money transfer services fall under the category of “non-banking institutions,” which includes the likes of payday lenders and prepaid debit cards. As a nonbank, they aren’t legally required to be federally insured.

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