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  2. Deposit insurance - Wikipedia

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    Hong Kong Deposit Protection Board is an independent and statutory institution formed to manage and supervise the operation of Deposit Protection Scheme. The maximum protection amount of deposit was HK$100,000 in 2006 (when the Hong Kong Deposit Protection Board was set up), it is now with a limit up to HK$500,000 (or equivalent in RMB or other ...

  3. Advance-fee scam - Wikipedia

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    Scam letter posted within South Africa. An advance-fee scam is a form of fraud and is one of the most common types of confidence tricks.The scam typically involves promising the victim a significant share of a large sum of money, in return for a small up-front payment, which the fraudster claims will be used to obtain the large sum.

  4. FNB v Rosenblum - Wikipedia

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    FNB v Rosenblum. First National Bank of SA Ltd v Rosenblum and Another [1] is an important case in South African contract law, heard in the Supreme Court of Appeal (SCA) by Marais JA, Navsa JA and Chetty AJA on May 21, 2001, with judgment handed down on June 1.

  5. Container-deposit legislation - Wikipedia

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    Approximately 75% of beer containers, 45% of soft drink containers, and some wine and spirits bottles participate in the scheme.: 94 South Africa was noted in 2012 as one of the few countries that included plastic bottles in its schemes. [1] Aside from bottles, similar deposit-refund schemes exist in South Africa for batteries, cars, and tyres.

  6. How to make sure your bank is FDIC-insured — and what to ...

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    With joint accounts, the FDIC insurance covers up to $250,000 per co-owner — or $500,000. However, this limit applies to all joint accounts that you share at a bank. So if you shared a $300,000 ...

  7. List of Ponzi schemes - Wikipedia

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    1870s. Johann Baptist Placht ran a Ponzi scheme in Vienna from 1872 to 1873, claiming to invest in the stock market. Fraudster Sarah Howe opened a savings bank called Ladies' Deposit Company in 1878 meant to target unmarried women. She claimed that the bank worked in conjunction with a Quaker charity that wanted to help less privileged women.

  8. List of financial regulatory authorities by jurisdiction

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    Bank of Thailand ; Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) ; Office of Insurance Commission (OIC) Togo. Banking Commission of the West African Monetary Union (CB-UMOA) ; Financial Markets Authority of the West African Monetary Union (AMF-UMOA) ; Regional Insurance Control Commission (CRCA) Trinidad and Tobago.

  9. Deposit-refund system - Wikipedia

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    Deposit-refund system. A deposit-refund system (DRS), also known as deposit-return system, advance deposit fee or deposit-return scheme, is a surcharge on a product when purchased and a rebate when it is returned. A well-known example is when container deposit legislation mandates that a refund is given when reusable packaging is returned.