If you have been looking for a place to keep your documents, collectibles, family heirlooms and other valuables secure, consider a safe deposit box rental. Perhaps you saw a movie with a spy rifling ...

Safe deposit boxes are increasingly less common in major banks, and one major reason has to do with the liability for what's stored inside them.

Safety deposit boxes offer enhanced security for valuables but aren't accessible outside bank hours. Items in safe deposit boxes are not FDIC insured; separate insurance is needed for coverage. Legal ...

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Safe deposit boxes are a danger hidden in plain sight. It is tempting to think of them as an appropriate repository for all things valuable: jewelry, coins, cash, wills, powers of attorney. Cash is ...

As a retiree, you may be wondering how to safely store some of your valuables and important documents. You have several options for secure storage with the ability for certain family members to also ...

Do you have a safety deposit box? Using them to protect your valuables may not be the best option, Channel 2 consumer adviser Clark Howard says. Howard says with bank mergers and closures, items ...

Times, they are a changing. It seems safe deposit boxes are going out of style. Like my taste in clothing, music, and fashion. People instead rely on digital copies of valuable documents, and many are ...

Items that are difficult or impossible to replace, such as important documents and family heirlooms, are ideal for safe deposit boxes. It is not advisable to store items that may be needed quickly or ...