All types of depositors, whether businesses or individuals, are protected. The maximum limit of coverage is RM250,000 per depositor per member bank. This includes both the principal amount of a deposit and the interest/return. With the RM250,000 limit, 99% of depositors are protected in full. The Malaysian Deposit Insurance System (DIS) provides separate coverage for conventional and Islamic deposits.
Deposits that are eligible for PIDM protection:
- Savings accounts
- Current accounts
- Fixed deposits
- Foreign currency deposits
- Principal-guaranteed conventional structured products
- Islamic deposit accounts
- Bank drafts, cheques, other payment instructions or instruments made against a deposit account
PIDM may approve any other financial instruments as being eligible for deposit insurance protection from time to time.
Products that are NOT eligible for PIDM protection:
- Unit trusts, stocks and shares
- Gold-related investment products or accounts
- Conventional structured products that are not principal-guaranteed
- Deposits not payable in Malaysia
- Interbank money market placements
- Negotiable instruments of deposit (NIDs) and other bearer deposits
- Repurchase agreements
- Conventional and Islamic deposit accounts
- Joint accounts - Joint accounts enjoy separate deposit insurance protection provided the records of the member bank disclose the names of the joint account holders
- Trust accounts - Beneficiaries will enjoy separate protection if the trustee discloses the interest of each beneficiary and the amounts owed to each beneficiary on the records of the member bank. Each beneficiary of the trust account is protected up to RM250,000, separately from other insured deposits held in their individual names.
- Accounts held by sole proprietorships, partnerships, professional practices and companies
Ensure that your Ringgit is in a member bank of PIDM. If you are still unclear with PIDM, do check out 'PIDM? What is PIDM?'!
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