Vast majority of the depositors are protected by NDIF

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Average savings of bank customers is HUF 1.2 million The National Deposit Insurance Fund (NDIF) evaluated the data of credit institutions’ fee returns for the year 2011. According to the fee returns based on last year’s closing balance, the savings portfolio in the banking sector decreased for the first time last year after 18 years of steady growth (by 1.8 percent), which as a result reached HUF 16,640 billion. Concurrently, the NDIF’s indemnification obligations increased by 12 percent to HUF 8,495 billion. 99.6 percent of depositors are within the protection limit of EUR 100,000 (nearly HUF 27 million) valid as of 1 January for deposit insurance. The HUF 16,640 billion… Read More

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Hungarian experience for Mongolia

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Recommended and organised by the World Bank, a 12-strong delegation of the Mongolian financial governance paid a visit to Hungary. The objective of the delegation was to gather relevant models and operating experience needed for passing a law to handle the Mongolian bank crisis and to ensure deposit insurance, and for establishing institutional frameworks. Due to this complex set of subjects, the Mongolian delegation included the first deputy governor of the National Bank of Mongolia, experts from the ministries of justice and finance, as well as from the supervisory authority, in combination with high-ranking politicians involved in the subject of financial stability and the members of the Mongolian parliament. In… Read More

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