History
The investment certificate was first introduced to the public in 1894 by John Tappan, the founder of the erstwhile Investor's Syndicate, today known as Ameriprise Financial. Investor's Syndicate marketed the product as a Face Amount Certificate. It allowed the investor to deposit a selected sum of money into the certificate and in turn the investor would receive a guaranteed interest rate after a predetermined amount of time. After the selected length of time had passed, or at maturity the principal and interest was returned to the investor.
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