Just over a third of the total private deposits insecure
As of October 1, 2013, individuals had bank savings equivalent to 5.831 billion manat. Of these, 1.97 bn or 34% accounted for by non-guaranteed deposits. The rest of the savings attributable to 4,899,000 investors (93% of the total) are insured.
According to the report of the Azerbaijan Deposit Insurance Fund, for the third quarter of this year, the deposits of individuals in banks grew by 3.8 % , including the insured - by 2.6 %.
In the structure of insured deposits 59% were insured deposits in manats, 37 % - in U.S. dollars and 4% respectively in euros.
The total amount of insurance fund reserves reached 64.7 million manat, and assets grew to 66.9 million manat.
The Fund has operated since August 2007. Its members include 42 of the 43 banks operating in the country. The maximum amount of insurance compensation for a contribution is 30,000 manat. Since 1 August 2013 the Fund has not insured deposits at interest rates higher than 10%. -15D-
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