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The UK scheme that guarantees certain bank, building society or credit union depositors' funds - subject to limits - should the bank, building society or credit union fail. | The UK scheme that guarantees certain bank, building society or credit union depositors' funds - subject to limits - should the bank, building society or credit union fail. | ||
The FSCS is funded by a levy on financial firms authorised and regulated by the UK's Financial Conduct Authority and the Prudential Regulation Authority. | The FSCS is funded by a levy on financial firms authorised and regulated by the UK's Financial Conduct Authority and the Prudential Regulation Authority. | ||
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* [https://www.fscs.org.uk/ FSCS website] | * [https://www.fscs.org.uk/ FSCS website] | ||
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Latest revision as of 14:19, 4 October 2023
Financial services - regulation - retail depositors - UK.
(FSCS).
The UK scheme that guarantees certain bank, building society or credit union depositors' funds - subject to limits - should the bank, building society or credit union fail.
The FSCS is funded by a levy on financial firms authorised and regulated by the UK's Financial Conduct Authority and the Prudential Regulation Authority.
Similar deposit guarantee schemes operate in the majority of developed economies, under different names and with differing conditions and degrees of formality.
See also
- BIP
- Compensation
- Credit union
- Deposit Guarantee Scheme
- Deposit insurance
- DGSD
- Financial Conduct Authority
- Financial Ombudsman Service
- Insolvency waterfall
- International Association of Deposit Insurers
- Levy
- Prudential Regulation Authority
- Regulation
- Retail
- Stability
