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These boxes can hold important documents, family keepsakes, pictures and other important items, according to the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation.

It is a federal crime, for example, to steal money deposited in banks whose deposits enjoy protection under the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation.

Synapse isn’t a bank, so its regulation is not handled by the Federal Reserve or the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation.

More widely, other similarly funded federal regulators and agencies — including the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation — would face similar questions.

Republic First Bancorp, known as Republic Bank, had about $4 billion in deposits at the end of January and assets worth $6 billion, the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation said in a statement.