BKLM331115 - Chargeable equity and liabilities: excluded equity and liabilities: protected deposits: FSCS 'comparable schemes' list

FSCS and 'comparable schemes'

The fact that a deposit is covered by a comparable scheme does not automatically mean that the whole of the deposit is exempt as a protected deposit. The exempt amount will still follow the rules in paragraph 29 of Schedule 19, and will be the amount of the deposit insured. For chargeable periods ending on or before 31 December 2014, the exempt amount was the higher of the amount of the deposit insured and the amount of the deposit by reference to which the premium or fee in respect of the scheme is computed.

If the deposit is protected under more than one of the categories, the exempt amount is the highest of the amounts protected.

HMRC has accepted for the purposes of the bank levy that the deposit guarantee schemes in the list below are comparable.

It should be noted that the list is not exhaustive and the absence of a particular scheme does not signify that the scheme will not be treated as comparable.

Schemes can be updated so it may be necessary to check the current position and requirements of a particular scheme to confirm that the scheme remains comparable to when the scheme was added to the list: the scheme/regulator’s website would usually be a good place to start.

Banks and advisers may check with HMRC if there are any specific concerns around a scheme and are also welcome to notify HMRC of any schemes not shown below along with their reasoning why that particular scheme should be included.

For further details and links to the scheme websites, click on the links contained in the list.

Protected Deposit Schemes

Country and Scheme

Albania 
Albanian Deposits Insurance Agency (ADIA) (web)(link is external) (http://asd.gov.al/en/home/(link is external))

Argentina       
Bank Deposit Insurance System (web)(link is external) (http://www.sedesa.com.ar/index.php/en/(link is external))

Armenia          
Armenian Deposit Guarantee Fund (web)(link is external) (www.adgf.am/(link is external))

Australia         
The Financial Claims Scheme (FCS) (web)(link is external) (https://www.apra.gov.au/financial-claims-scheme-0(link is external))

Austria has five different schemes:

  • Einlagensicherung der Banken und Bankiers Gesellschaft m.b.H.
  • Österreichische Raiffeisen-Einlangensicherung reg. Gen.m.b.H.
  • Hypo- Haftungsgesellschaft m.b.H.
  • Sparkassen-Haftungs A
  • Schulze-Delitzsch Haftungsgenossenschaft reg.Gen.m.b.H.

Azerbaijan      
Deposit Insurance Fund (web)(link is external) (www.adif.az/(link is external))

Bahrain           
Deposit Protection Scheme (web)(link is external) (https://www.cbb.gov.bh/consumer-information/#deposits(link is external))

Bangladesh    
Deposit Insurance Scheme (web)(link is external) (https://www.bb.org.bd/en/index.php/financialactivity/did (link is external))

Belgium          
Deposit and financial instrument protection fund

Bosnia & Herzegovina
Deposit Insurance Agency (web)(link is external) (www.aod.ba/index.php?lang=en(link is external))

Brazil              
Credit Guarantor Fund (web)(link is external) (https://www.fgc.org.br/home?lang=en-us(link is external))

Brunei            
Deposit Protection Scheme

Bulgaria          
Bulgarian Deposit Insurance Fund (BDIF) (web)(link is external) (https://www.dif.bg/en (link is external))

Canada            
Canada Deposit Insurance Corporation (CDIC) (web)(link is external) (https://www.cdic.ca/(link is external))

China               
Chinese Deposit Insurance Act

Colombia        
Deposit insurance scheme

Croatia            
State Agency for Deposit Insurance and Bank Rehabilitation (web)(link is external) (https://www.dab.hr/en/(link is external))

Cyprus            
Deposit Protection Scheme (web)(link is external) (https://www.centralbank.cy/en/deposit-guarantee-investors-compensation-schemes(link is external))

Czech Republic      
Financial Market Guarantee System (web)(link is external) (https://www.garancnisystem.cz/en/(link is external))

Denmark        
Danish Deposit Guarantee Scheme

Estonia            
Deposit Guarantee Sectoral Fund (web)(link is external) (www.tf.ee/eng/(link is external))

Finland           
The Deposit Guarantee Fund (web)(link is external) (https://rvv.fi/en/frontpage(link is external))

France            
French Deposit Guarantee fund (web)(link is external) (https://www.garantiedesdepots.fr/en/garanties-du-fgdr/deposit-guarantee-...(link is external))

Germany has six different schemes:
Private Association of German Banks: Deposit Protection Fund

  • Depositor Compensation Scheme of the Association of German Public Sector Banks GmbH
  • Deposit-Protection Fund of the Association of German Public Sector Banks e.V.
  • German Saving Banks Association
  • National Association of German Cooperative Banks
  • The German Private Commercial Banks Compensation Scheme for Investors

Greece            
Hellenic Deposit and Investment Guarantee Fund (HDIGF) (web)(link is external) (https://www.teke.gr/index.php (link is external))

Guernsey        
Guernsey Banking Deposit Compensation Scheme (web)(link is external) (https://www.dcs.gg/(link is external))

Hong Kong     
Hong Kong Deposit Protection Board (web)(link is external) (https://www.dps.org.hk/index_EN.html(link is external))

Hungary         
National Deposit Insurance Fund of Hungary (NDIF) (web)(link is external) (www.oba.hu/index.php(link is external))

Iceland            
Icelandic Depositors and Investor Guarantee Fund

India                
Deposit Insurance and Credit Guarantee Corporation (web)(link is external) (https://www.dicgc.org.in/(link is external))

Indonesia       
Indonesia Deposit Insurance Corporation (web)(link is external) (www.lps.go.id/(link is external))

IOM                 
IOM Depositors' Protection Scheme (web)(link is external) (https://www.iomfsa.im/consumer-material/isle-of-man-depositors-compensat...(link is external))

Ireland            
Irish Deposit Protection Scheme (web)(link is external) (https://www.depositguarantee.ie/en/home(link is external))

Italy                 
Interbank Deposit Protection Fund (web)(link is external) (http://www.fitd.it/(link is external))

Japan               
Deposit Insurance Corporation of Japan (web)(link is external) (www.dic.go.jp/english/index.html(link is external))

Jersey              
The Jersey Bank Depositors Compensation Scheme (DCS) (web)(link is external) (www.gov.je/industry/finance/depositprotection/pages/overview.aspx(link is external))

Jordan             
LCY Deposit Insurance

Khazakstan     
Khazakstan Deposit Guarantee Fund (KDGF) (web)(link is external) (http://kdif.kz/en/(link is external))

Korea (South)
KDIC (Korea Deposit Insurance Corporation) (web)(link is external) (https://www.kdic.or.kr/en/main.do (link is external))

Latvia              
Financial and Capital Market Commission of Latvia

Liechtenstein 
Liechtenstein Bankers Association

Lithuania        
Deposit and Investment Insurance (web)(link is external) (www.iidraudimas.lt/en(link is external))

Luxembourg  
Deposit Guarantee System (web)(link is external) (http://www.fgdl.lu/en/(link is external))

Macau             
The Deposit Guarantee Scheme

Macedonia      
Deposit Insurance Fund (web)(link is external) (http://www.fodsk.org.mk/Default(link is external))

Malaysia         
Malaysia Deposit Insurance Scheme (web)(link is external) (www.pidm.gov.my/(link is external))

Malta               
Depositor Compensation Scheme (web)(link is external) (https://www.compensationschemes.org.mt/(link is external))

Mexico            
Institute for the Protection of Banking Savings (IPAB) (web)(link is external) (https://www.gob.mx/ipab/en (link is external))

Monaco           
'Fonds de garantie des dépôts' (web)(link is external) (https://www.garantiedesdepots.fr/en/garanties-du-fgdr/deposit-guarantee-scheme(link is external))

Montenegro   
Deposit Protection Fund

Netherlands   
Deposit Guarantee Scheme (web)(link is external) (https://www.dnb.nl/en/sector-information/resolution-and-guarantee-schemes/deposit-guarantee-scheme/ (link is external))

Norway           
Bank Guarantee Fund (web)(link is external) (https://www.bankenessikringsfond.no/?lang=en_GB(link is external))

Pakistan          
Deposit Protection Corporation (web)(link is external) (https://dpc.org.pk/ (link is external))

Philippines     
Philippine Deposit Insurance Corporation (PDIC) (web)(link is external) (www.pdic.gov.ph/index.php?nid1=6&nid2=1&nid3=5(link is external))

Poland            
Bank Guarantee Fund (web)(link is external) (www.bfg.pl/?lang=2(link is external))

Portugal          
Deposit Guarantee Fund

Romania         
Bank Deposit Guarantee Fund (web)(link is external) (www.fgdb.ro/index.php(link is external)?)

Russia             
Deposit Insurance Agency

Serbia             
Deposit Insurance Agency (web)(link is external) (https://www.aod.rs/ (link is external))

Singapore       
Deposit Insurance Scheme (web)(link is external) (https://www.sdic.org.sg/ (link is external))

Slovakia          
Deposit Protection Fund (web)(link is external) (www.fovsr.sk/en/about-the-deposit-protection-fund/(link is external))

Slovenia          
Deposit Guarantee Scheme (web)(link is external) (https://www.bsi.si/en/financial-stability/deposit-guarantee-scheme(link is external))

Spain               
Deposit Guarantee Fund for Banking Institutions (web)(link is external) (www.fgd.es/en/index.html(link is external))

Sri Lanka        
Sri Lanka Deposit Insurance Scheme

Sweden           
Deposit Guarantee Board (web)(link is external) (www.insattningsgarantin.se/en/Deposit-guarantee/(link is external))

Switzerland    
Esisuisse (web)(link is external) (https://www.esisuisse.ch/en(link is external))

Taiwan            
Central Deposit Insurance Corporation (web)(link is external) (https://www.cdic.gov.tw/main_en/(link is external))

Thailand         
Deposit Protection Agency Act B.E. 2551 (2008) (web)(link is external) (www.dpa.or.th/main.php?filename=index___EN(link is external))

Turkey            
Savings Deposit Insurance Fund (web)(link is external) (www.tmsf.org.tr/index.cfm?&lang=en_EN(link is external))

Ukraine           
Bank Deposit Guarantee Fund (web)(link is external) http://www.fg.gov.ua/en(link is external))

USA                 
The Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) (web)(link is external) (www.fdic.gov/(link is external))

Vietnam          
Deposit Insurance of Vietnam (DIV) (web)(link is external) (https://div.gov.vn/ (link is external))