Towards better deposit protection for Hong Kong

Document Type

Book chapter

Source Publication

Deposit insurance: issues and evaluation

Publication Date

1-1-1992

First Page

39

Last Page

51

Publisher

Hong Kong Centre, Chartered Institute of Bankers

Abstract

The traditional role of deposit insurance, or Deposit Protection Scheme (DPS) as the Hong Kong Government prefers to call it, has been mainly to prevent bank runs and thus to foster stability in the banking system. To the extent that this role has largely been taken over by the establishment of an effective lender of last resort which lends a hand to healthy banks hit by unfounded rumours, and by successive regulatory reforms which serve to prevent the deterioration of banks’ balance sheets, some have argued that Hong Kong does not need a deposit insurance scheme. Yet deposit insurance continues to serve important functions in a modern society. It is argued in this paper that one form of deposit insurance, namely one that provides full coverage for all demand deposits, 80 per cent coverage for all savings deposits, and 50 per cent for all other deposits, bring the most benefit to a modern society at least cost. The arguments will be laid out in the rest of this paper, as will the recommended charging scheme.

Publisher Statement

Copyright @ The Chartered Institute of Bankers - Hong Kong Centre. Access to external full text or publisher's version may require subscription.

Additional Information

ISBN of the source publication: 9627322131

Language

English

Recommended Citation

Ho, L. S. (1992). Towards better deposit protection for Hong Kong. In Y. C. Jao (Ed.), Deposit insurance: issues and evaluation (pp. 39-51). Hong Kong: Hong Kong Centre, Chartered Institute of Bankers.

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