Deposit Insurance around the World

In the past two decades, in a series of banking crises around the world, banks have become systematically insolvent. These crises have occurred in developed and developing economies alike. To make such financial system breakdowns less likely and to...

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Main Authors: Demirgüç-Kunt, Asli, Sobaci, Tolga
Format: Journal Article
Language:English
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Published: World Bank, Washington, DC 2014
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Online Access:http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2001/09/17737158/deposit-insurance-around-world
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spelling okr-10986-174372021-04-23T14:03:29Z Deposit Insurance around the World Demirgüç-Kunt, Asli Sobaci, Tolga ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES ASSETS BANK FAILURE BANK INSOLVENCY BANK INSOLVENCY RESOLUTION BANK REGULATION BANK STABILITY BANKING CRISES BANKING LAW BANKING MARKET BANKING OUTCOMES BANKING SYSTEM BANKING SYSTEM STABILITY BLANKET GUARANTEE CENTRAL BANK CENTRAL BANK LAW COINSURANCE COMMERCIAL BANKS COVERAGE LIMITS COVERAGE RATIOS DEBT DEMAND DEPOSITS DEPOSIT DEPOSIT INSURANCE DEPOSIT INSURANCE DESIGN DEPOSIT INSURANCE DESIGNS DEPOSIT INSURANCE FEATURES DEPOSIT INSURANCE INCREASE DEPOSIT INSURANCE SYSTEM DEPOSIT PROTECTION DEPOSIT PROTECTION ARRANGEMENTS DEPOSITOR DEPOSITORS DESIGN OF DEPOSIT INSURANCE DEVELOPING COUNTRIES DUMMY VARIABLES EXCHANGE RATE EXPLICIT DEPOSIT EXPLICIT DEPOSIT INSURANCE EXPLICIT DEPOSIT INSURANCE SCHEME EXPLICIT DEPOSIT INSURANCE SCHEMES EXPLICIT DEPOSIT INSURANCE SYSTEM EXPLICIT DEPOSIT INSURANCE SYSTEMS EXPLICIT DEPOSITOR PROTECTION EXPLICIT INSURANCE EXPLICIT INSURANCE SCHEMES EXPLICIT INSURANCE SYSTEMS EXTENT OF COVERAGE FINANCIAL DEVELOPMENT FINANCIAL SAFETY NET FINANCIAL SAFETY NETS FINANCIAL SYSTEM FIXED PREMIUMS FOREIGN CURRENCIES GUARANTEE SCHEME FOR DEPOSITS IMPACT OF DEPOSIT INSURANCE IMPLICIT DEPOSIT INSURANCE INFORMATION ON DEPOSIT INSURANCE INSOLVENT INSURANCE FUND INSURED DEPOSITS INTERNATIONAL BANK LAST RESORT FUNCTION LEGISLATION LENDER LENDER OF LAST RESORT MARKET DISCIPLINE MONETARY FUND NON-PERFORMING LOANS NONPERFORMING LOANS PUBLIC FUNDS SAFETY-NET DESIGN SAVINGS SAVINGS BANKS SAVINGS DEPOSITS SUBORDINATED DEBT TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE In the past two decades, in a series of banking crises around the world, banks have become systematically insolvent. These crises have occurred in developed and developing economies alike. To make such financial system breakdowns less likely and to limit their costs if they occur, policymakers feel the need for financial safety nets. These include such policies as implicit or explicit deposit insurance, a lender of last resort function of the central bank, bank insolvency resolution procedures, and bank regulation and supervision. Of these policies, explicit deposit insurance has been gaining popularity in recent years. Since the 1980s the number of countries with explicit deposit insurance schemes almost tripled, with most OECD countries and an increasing number of developing economies adopting some form of explicit depositor protection. In 1994 deposit insurance became the standard for the newly created single banking market of the European Union. Establishing an explicit deposit insurance scheme became part of the generally accepted best practice advice given to developing economies. 2014-03-27T20:42:17Z 2014-03-27T20:42:17Z 2001-09 Journal Article http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2001/09/17737158/deposit-insurance-around-world World Bank Economic Review http://hdl.handle.net/10986/17437 English en_US CC BY-NC-ND 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/igo World Bank World Bank, Washington, DC Publications & Research :: Journal Article
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topic ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES
ASSETS
BANK FAILURE
BANK INSOLVENCY
BANK INSOLVENCY RESOLUTION
BANK REGULATION
BANK STABILITY
BANKING CRISES
BANKING LAW
BANKING MARKET
BANKING OUTCOMES
BANKING SYSTEM
BANKING SYSTEM STABILITY
BLANKET GUARANTEE
CENTRAL BANK
CENTRAL BANK LAW
COINSURANCE
COMMERCIAL BANKS
COVERAGE LIMITS
COVERAGE RATIOS
DEBT
DEMAND DEPOSITS
DEPOSIT
DEPOSIT INSURANCE
DEPOSIT INSURANCE DESIGN
DEPOSIT INSURANCE DESIGNS
DEPOSIT INSURANCE FEATURES
DEPOSIT INSURANCE INCREASE
DEPOSIT INSURANCE SYSTEM
DEPOSIT PROTECTION
DEPOSIT PROTECTION ARRANGEMENTS
DEPOSITOR
DEPOSITORS
DESIGN OF DEPOSIT INSURANCE
DEVELOPING COUNTRIES
DUMMY VARIABLES
EXCHANGE RATE
EXPLICIT DEPOSIT
EXPLICIT DEPOSIT INSURANCE
EXPLICIT DEPOSIT INSURANCE SCHEME
EXPLICIT DEPOSIT INSURANCE SCHEMES
EXPLICIT DEPOSIT INSURANCE SYSTEM
EXPLICIT DEPOSIT INSURANCE SYSTEMS
EXPLICIT DEPOSITOR PROTECTION
EXPLICIT INSURANCE
EXPLICIT INSURANCE SCHEMES
EXPLICIT INSURANCE SYSTEMS
EXTENT OF COVERAGE
FINANCIAL DEVELOPMENT
FINANCIAL SAFETY NET
FINANCIAL SAFETY NETS
FINANCIAL SYSTEM
FIXED PREMIUMS
FOREIGN CURRENCIES
GUARANTEE SCHEME FOR DEPOSITS
IMPACT OF DEPOSIT INSURANCE
IMPLICIT DEPOSIT INSURANCE
INFORMATION ON DEPOSIT INSURANCE
INSOLVENT
INSURANCE FUND
INSURED DEPOSITS
INTERNATIONAL BANK
LAST RESORT FUNCTION
LEGISLATION
LENDER
LENDER OF LAST RESORT
MARKET DISCIPLINE
MONETARY FUND
NON-PERFORMING LOANS
NONPERFORMING LOANS
PUBLIC FUNDS
SAFETY-NET DESIGN
SAVINGS
SAVINGS BANKS
SAVINGS DEPOSITS
SUBORDINATED DEBT
TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE
spellingShingle ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES
ASSETS
BANK FAILURE
BANK INSOLVENCY
BANK INSOLVENCY RESOLUTION
BANK REGULATION
BANK STABILITY
BANKING CRISES
BANKING LAW
BANKING MARKET
BANKING OUTCOMES
BANKING SYSTEM
BANKING SYSTEM STABILITY
BLANKET GUARANTEE
CENTRAL BANK
CENTRAL BANK LAW
COINSURANCE
COMMERCIAL BANKS
COVERAGE LIMITS
COVERAGE RATIOS
DEBT
DEMAND DEPOSITS
DEPOSIT
DEPOSIT INSURANCE
DEPOSIT INSURANCE DESIGN
DEPOSIT INSURANCE DESIGNS
DEPOSIT INSURANCE FEATURES
DEPOSIT INSURANCE INCREASE
DEPOSIT INSURANCE SYSTEM
DEPOSIT PROTECTION
DEPOSIT PROTECTION ARRANGEMENTS
DEPOSITOR
DEPOSITORS
DESIGN OF DEPOSIT INSURANCE
DEVELOPING COUNTRIES
DUMMY VARIABLES
EXCHANGE RATE
EXPLICIT DEPOSIT
EXPLICIT DEPOSIT INSURANCE
EXPLICIT DEPOSIT INSURANCE SCHEME
EXPLICIT DEPOSIT INSURANCE SCHEMES
EXPLICIT DEPOSIT INSURANCE SYSTEM
EXPLICIT DEPOSIT INSURANCE SYSTEMS
EXPLICIT DEPOSITOR PROTECTION
EXPLICIT INSURANCE
EXPLICIT INSURANCE SCHEMES
EXPLICIT INSURANCE SYSTEMS
EXTENT OF COVERAGE
FINANCIAL DEVELOPMENT
FINANCIAL SAFETY NET
FINANCIAL SAFETY NETS
FINANCIAL SYSTEM
FIXED PREMIUMS
FOREIGN CURRENCIES
GUARANTEE SCHEME FOR DEPOSITS
IMPACT OF DEPOSIT INSURANCE
IMPLICIT DEPOSIT INSURANCE
INFORMATION ON DEPOSIT INSURANCE
INSOLVENT
INSURANCE FUND
INSURED DEPOSITS
INTERNATIONAL BANK
LAST RESORT FUNCTION
LEGISLATION
LENDER
LENDER OF LAST RESORT
MARKET DISCIPLINE
MONETARY FUND
NON-PERFORMING LOANS
NONPERFORMING LOANS
PUBLIC FUNDS
SAFETY-NET DESIGN
SAVINGS
SAVINGS BANKS
SAVINGS DEPOSITS
SUBORDINATED DEBT
TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE
Demirgüç-Kunt, Asli
Sobaci, Tolga
Deposit Insurance around the World
description In the past two decades, in a series of banking crises around the world, banks have become systematically insolvent. These crises have occurred in developed and developing economies alike. To make such financial system breakdowns less likely and to limit their costs if they occur, policymakers feel the need for financial safety nets. These include such policies as implicit or explicit deposit insurance, a lender of last resort function of the central bank, bank insolvency resolution procedures, and bank regulation and supervision. Of these policies, explicit deposit insurance has been gaining popularity in recent years. Since the 1980s the number of countries with explicit deposit insurance schemes almost tripled, with most OECD countries and an increasing number of developing economies adopting some form of explicit depositor protection. In 1994 deposit insurance became the standard for the newly created single banking market of the European Union. Establishing an explicit deposit insurance scheme became part of the generally accepted best practice advice given to developing economies.
format Journal Article
author Demirgüç-Kunt, Asli
Sobaci, Tolga
author_facet Demirgüç-Kunt, Asli
Sobaci, Tolga
author_sort Demirgüç-Kunt, Asli
title Deposit Insurance around the World
title_short Deposit Insurance around the World
title_full Deposit Insurance around the World
title_fullStr Deposit Insurance around the World
title_full_unstemmed Deposit Insurance around the World
title_sort deposit insurance around the world
publisher World Bank, Washington, DC
publishDate 2014
url http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2001/09/17737158/deposit-insurance-around-world
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/17437
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