Published: 01.01.2013 Updated: 18.07.2023

Funds that are deposited with MFIs for a specified or unspecified period of time, with or without interest.
The definition of the concept is consistent with Regulation (EU) No 549/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 21 May 2013 on the European system of national and regional accounts in the European Union and the Sixth Edition of the IMF's Balance of Payments and International Investment Position Manual (BPM6).
Related definitions: Transferable deposits and Other deposits