The Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, or FDIC, is a federal government agency that provides insurance to banks. If an insured bank fails, then you won't lose the money you keep at that. FDIC insurance covers traditional bank deposit products, including checking accounts, savings accounts, certificates of deposit, Negotiable Order of Withdrawal (NOW) accounts and money market. The Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) is an independent agency—created by the U.S. Government—designed to protect consumers in the U.S. Financial system. The FDIC is best known for deposit insurance, which helps protect customer deposits in case a bank fails. The FDIC publishes regular updates on news and activities. Keep up with FDIC announcements, read speeches and testimony on the latest banking issues, learn about policy changes for banks, and get the details on upcoming conferences and events. Find More FDIC News.
Overview
FDIC’s application programming interface (API) lets developers access FDIC’s publically available bank data. This portal provides a complete API solution for building applications using this data. Everything you need to integrate with this API is available below. More data will be added to the portal on an ongoing basis.
Authentication
This API is open to the public and does not currently require any authentication or API keys to access. The FDIC is collaborating with on the issuance and management of an API key. More information will be provided on how to obtain an API key in the near future.
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Bulk Files
The following documentation describes performing queries on datasets. If you would prefer a bulk download of all records, downloadable bulk files are available here:
- Institutions (CSV format) - Listing of FDIC-insured banking institution demographic and headquarter location data.
- Institutions Definitions (CSV format) - Definitions of fields in Institutions data.
- Locations (CSV format) - Listing of FDIC-insured banks branches and locations.
- Locations Definitions (CSV format) - Definitions of fields in Locations data.
- History Events Definitions (CSV format) - Definitions of fields in History data.
API Documentation
See interactive documentation available below to provide an overview of the API.
Filter Syntax
The API uses the Elastic Search query string syntax for filtering. Some notes on the filter syntax include:
- To match a phrase, use double quotes:
- To exclude a phrase or value:
- The 'AND' and 'OR' operators can be used to combine filters:
- Dates must be entered in 'yyyy-mm-dd' format:
- Ranges can be expressed with '[]' (inclusive) or '{}' (exclusive), using '*' for an open ended range
- Date range that includes 2010-01-01 and 2010-12-31:
- Date range that includes only dates between 2010-01-01 and 2010-12-31:
- Number range including institutions with domestic deposits under 10,000 ($thousands)
- Open ended ranges can be expressed using a '*'
Output Formats
Data output is available as JSON or CSV. The format is controlled by the Accept header. See the Responses section in the interactive documentation below for examples.
API Endpoints
Release Notes
Fdic Bank Search
Fdic Banks
February 18, 2020 - Added Institution name search and Institution web address (WEBADDR) to the Institution API. Institution name search is a flexible text search against institution records. This search supports text search and fuzzy matching, as opposed to filters that are exact matches.