Prudential Regulation Authority Rulebook

A deposit is excluded from protection if:

1. (1) The holder and any beneficial owner of the deposit have never been identified in accordance with money laundering requirements. For further information, contact your bank, bank building society or credit union.
2. (2) The deposit arises out of transactions in connection with which there has been a criminal conviction for money laundering.
3. (3) It is a deposit made by a depositor which is one of the following:

• credit institution
• financial institution
• investment firm
• insurance undertaking
• reinsurance undertaking
• collective investment undertaking
• pension or retirement fund¹
• public authority, other than a small local authority.

The following are deposits, categories of deposits or other instruments which will no longer be protected from 3 July 2015:

• deposits of a credit union to which the credit union itself is entitled
• deposits which can only be proven by a financial instrument² unless it is a savings product which is evidenced by a certificate of deposit made out to a named person and which exists in a Member State on 2 July 2014)
• deposits of a collective investment scheme which qualifies as a small company³
• deposits of an overseas financial services institution which qualifies as a small company⁴
• deposits of certain regulated firms (investment firms, insurance undertakings and reinsurance undertakings) which qualify as a small business or a small company⁵ – refer to the FSCS for further information on this category

¹ Deposits by personal pension schemes, stakeholder pension schemes and occupational pension schemes of micro, small and medium sized enterprises are not excluded

² Listed in Section C of Annex 1 of Directive 2014/65/EU

³ Under the Companies Act 1985 or Companies Act 2006

⁴ See footnote 3

⁵ See footnote 3

A deposit is excluded from protection if:

1. (1) The holder and any beneficial owner of the deposit have never been identified in accordance with money laundering requirements. For further information, contact your bank, bank building society or credit union.
2. (2) The deposit arises out of transactions in connection with which there has been a criminal conviction for money laundering.
3. (3) It is a deposit made by a depositor which is one of the following:

• credit institution
• financial institution
• investment firm
• insurance undertaking
• reinsurance undertaking
• collective investment undertaking
• pension or retirement fund⁶
• public authority, other than a small local authority.

⁶ Deposits by personal pension schemes, stakeholder pension schemes and occupational pension schemes of micro, small and medium sized enterprises are not excluded