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As useful as savings accounts can be, there is a right time to withdraw the funds. Here's when, and how, you should withdraw savings -- and when you shouldn't.

The Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. said Metropolitan Capital Bank & Trust was closed by the Illinois Department of Financial and Professional Regulation, marking the first U.S. bank failure in 2026.