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What happens when your bank isn't really a bank and your money disappears?
For close to a century, putting your savings into a federally insured bank has been a sure thing: If the institution fails, up to $250,000 of your money will be protected. What if it isn't anymore? The promise of bank insurance -- a tenet of U.S. …