au-financial-claims-schemeFCSAustralia / deposit insurance
Financial Claims Scheme
Up to AUD 250,000 for each account holder at each Australian-incorporated authorised deposit-taking institution after government activation.
- Market
- Australia
- Administrator
- Australian Prudential Regulation Authority
- Verification
- verified current scheme
- Observed
- 2026-07-12
- Confidence
- high
- Relationship test
- institution membership and product eligibility
Review aggregation, eligibility and claim trigger
Coverage: Eligible deposits at Australian-incorporated banks, building societies and credit unions can be protected when the Australian Government activates the scheme.
Aggregation: Eligible Australian-dollar deposit accounts under one ADI licence aggregate for the same account holder, including different brands using that licence.
Eligibility boundary: Foreign-bank branches, non-AUD accounts, investments and balances held outside an eligible ADI deposit are outside this general statement.
Claim trigger: Australian Government activation following the failure of an eligible authorised deposit-taking institution; APRA administers claims.
Source IDs: SRC-APRA-FCS