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by a_cactus 3087 days ago
Money in banks is FDIC insured. I believe that protects it from things like hacks, even if the bank itself went bankrupt.
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FDIC insurance doesn't cover theft or fraud. It covers your balance (up to a limit) if the bank fails. There are separate regulations for fraud.
But presumably it does cover your balance if the bank fails because it can't cover a large loss to fraud?
The loss in case of fraud against the customer or losses due to a hacked customer is entirely the customer loss. The bank does not care, they don't have any loss. Spectre is an attack against the client and the customer is responsible to keep his client secure. It's not the banks device, they have no power over it.
That's not how it works though, people get hacked all the time and banks make their customers whole. You can literally leave your debit card on the street corner and you won't be liable for any fraudulent charges as long as you notify the bank of them.
Not in Europe in general. Chip and PIN leads to the assumption that you made the purchase or initiated the charge. In any case, card charges (or charges in general) are something entirely different than payments initiated from your banking client. Anyone can charge your account and you can dispute the charge. However, money sent from your account cannot actively be disputed. You can tell your bank that you accidentally transferred money and they’ll try and stop the transaction, by if it goes through, you need to retrieve the money from the person that got it. Banks will try to help in case of fraud as long as the money is in their reach, but will not make you whole at their expense.
For regular consumers, the FDIC insures up to $250k IIRC.
Insurance companies usually try to reduce/manage risk.

Does the FDIC have security / computer / process requirements for the banks which they insure against hacks?

I think that would be part of the FFIEC https://www.ffiec.gov