Hong Kong Deposit Protection Board Annual Report 2025-2026
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The Hong Kong Deposit Protection Board (the Board) today (July 10) published its Annual Report for 2025-2026.
The Report highlights the Board's key achievements during the year ended March 2026. Total amount of deposits covered by the Deposit Protection Scheme (the Scheme) reached HK$3.6 trillion. With the Board's continued and wide-ranging publicity and community education efforts, public confidence in the Scheme reached a record high of 86.7 per cent while public awareness of the Scheme remained strong at 80 per cent. Moreover, as part of the Board's ongoing work in ensuring resilience and reliability of the Board's payout operations, a full-scale payout rehearsal was successfully completed during the year.
Looking ahead, riding on the 20th anniversary of the Scheme in September 2026, the Board will be launching a series of promotional initiatives to further strengthen the public's understanding of the Scheme and the vital work of the Board.
The Annual Report 2025-2026 is available on the Board's website (www.dps.org.hk).
Ends/Friday, July 10, 2026
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