Indicates whether the organization requires clients to establish savings accounts.
Organizations should footnote the details of this requirement, including which clients it applies to.
This metric is intended to capture whether or not the organization requires some or all of its clients to have deposits with the organization (savings accounts).
June 2022 - IRIS v5.3 Released (current version)
Immaterial change. Minor revision to usage guidance for clarity.
January 2020 - IRIS v5.1 Released
No change.
May 2019 - IRIS v5.0 Released
No change.
March 2016 - IRIS v4.0 Released
No change.
March 2014 - IRIS v3.0 Released
Immaterial change. Minor revision to definition language for clarity.
November 2011 - IRIS v2.2 Released
No change.
February 2011 - IRIS v2.1 Released
New metric. Compulsory Deposits (PD9337) was developed via the IRIS Taxonomy Development Group.
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