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Deposit insurance

Deposit insurance is a scheme, usually set up by law, that repays a bank's depositors up to a fixed limit if the bank fails. Its main purposes are to protect depositors and to…

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Bank run

A bank run is a rush by many of a bank's depositors to withdraw their money at the same time, out of fear that the bank will fail. Because a bank lends out much of the money…

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