The Deposit Insurance System (DIS) is a system established
by the Government to protect depositors against the loss of their insured
deposits placed with member institutions in the event of a member institution
failure. Commercial and Islamic banks that are member institutions of PIDM are
also referred to as ‘member banks’.
During the 2008 financial crisis, global banks around the world starting collapsing and since then, people started to question the security of their savings. The possibility of local and foreign banks in Malaysia remaining in business forever is not guaranteed and thus your savings could be at risk should a bank fail. So is your money safe?