This report explores some of the key dynamics in deposit insurance systems around the world in the past year and identifies five key issues which are expected to significantly affect the activities of deposit insurers in the near future

COVID-19 has placed the global financial system under considerable strain, presenting an unprecedented shock to economic activity and exposing numerous vulnerabilities in global supply chain management. Understanding and managing the risks associated with COVID-19 implications may be viewed as a...

Deposit insurers operate within an ever-evolving global financial system. This Policy Brief offers an overview of five emerging issues that are expected to significantly affect the activities of deposit insurers in the near future – climate change, utilisation of financial technology...

Whereas research regarding the impact of climate change on the global financial system is ever growing, the impact of climate change and risks related therewith on deposit insurance has remained largely undealt with in literature. As global financial standard-setters have set the treatment of...

E-money is widespread in Kenya, especially through M-Pesa, a form of e-money stored on mobile phones and issued by Safaricom, a mobile network operator. Integration between M-Pesa and the traditional banking system is increasing. Given very high use-grade of M-Pesa throughout the population, is...

olution. On the basis of responses to a survey of 32 IADI members, the paper takes stock of the types of alternative measures that DIS may fund. These include purchase and assumption transactions; the transfer of deposits – and, possibly, other business – to a bridge bank; and provision of...

In this Policy Brief, we provide quantitative evidence demonstrating that the resolution toolkit has expanded considerably since the 2008 Global Financial Crisis (GFC). Purchase and assumption transactions, bridge bank facilitation and bail-in mechanisms have all become more available for bank...

Geography plays a fundamental role in today’s interconnected world. Financial flows operate within a multitude of regulatory and supervisory parameters often heavily influenced by regional factors. While deposit insurance is one factor affecting these flows, it too has been influenced by...