On October 5, 2016 Bank of Italy ordered Latvian lender AS PrivatBank to shut down its Italian branch by the end of the year and forbade it starting new operations in Italy after finding breaches of money-laundering regulations.
Deposits up to 100,000 EUR are covered by Latvian deposit guarantee scheme in As "privatbank" - Filiale In Italia.
As "privatbank" - Filiale In Italia participates in the deposit guarantee scheme of Latvia which applies to current accounts, deposit accounts made by natural persons (Latvian and foreign), legal entities (Latvian and foreign) and covers up to up to 100,000 EUR per bank per depositor. As "privatbank" - Filiale In Italia is a member of Deposit Guarantee Fund (DGF) and makes its contributions into it.
As "privatbank" - Filiale In Italia operated as a branch of AS "PrivatBank" (Latvia).
As "privatbank" - Filiale In Italia was located in ROMA.