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It is at least €70k per banking institution (because it is about a bank failing. The law is with regards to what you do when one bank fails, so if two fail it applies twice).

The question is what happens if you have over 70k€ with one bank but less than 70 on each individual account. I had assumed that then you'd lose but they were saying otherwise on TV this morning.

The fraction with more than 70k at any given bank is rather small in any case. And most of them get a personal guarantee for being pals with Sarkozy.

Earth provides enough to satisfy every man's need, but not every man's greed. Gandhi

by Cyrille (cyrillev domain yahoo.fr) on Tue Sep 30th, 2008 at 07:48:13 AM EST
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I have to correct myself:
TV spoke rubbish as usual, it is obviously capped at 70k€ for the accounts as a whole.

Earth provides enough to satisfy every man's need, but not every man's greed. Gandhi
by Cyrille (cyrillev domain yahoo.fr) on Tue Sep 30th, 2008 at 07:49:41 AM EST
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I can confirm it is 70k€ per person and per bank. If your wealth is 140 k€, split in two different banks and you get 100% coverage.

The amount in the guarantee fund is irrelevant: it will be refinanced by govt' or ECB at first sign of trouble, with newly printed money if need be.

Pierre

by Pierre on Tue Sep 30th, 2008 at 10:49:00 AM EST
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