Retail Deposit Protection
The government announced the abolishment of its guarantee for creditors of
financial institutions since November 16, 2003. This was done to support the
development of long-term domestic financial market and in line with the phasing out of the blanket guarantee. In place of the blanket guarantee will be the Deposit
Insurance Agency (DIA) Act that will cap the level of government guarantee to no
greater than 1 million baht per individual depositor account per bank. Although the
level of protection has decreased, the scheme still covers around 98.6 percent of the
total number of retail deposit accounts in Thailand, but with the added benefit of
curtailing moral hazard and strengthening market discipline.