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===[[Bank|Banks]]===
===[[Bank|Banks]]===
Approved [[Bank|banks]] do not have to offer [[client money]] protection – they have a specific exemption from doing so in the CASS rules (CASS {{cassprov|7.10.16}} - {{Cassprov|7.10.19}} since you are asking) — but may do so if they wish. But they may well find it is quite painful and difficult to do, seeing as the one thing banks like to do most — that is, taking cash in and onto their balance sheet — is the one thing<ref>Well, all right, it is one of the ''thousands of things'' a client money provider may not do.</ref> a provider of client money protection may ''not'' do.
Deposit-taking credit institutions and “approved [[Bank|banks]]” benefit from the general “{{cassprov|banking exemption}}” and do not have to offer [[client money]] protection –
see CASS {{cassprov|7.10.16}} - {{Cassprov|7.10.19}} — but may do so if they wish, or their clients insist.  
 
But they may well find it is quite painful and difficult to do, seeing as the one thing banks like to do most — that is, taking cash in and onto their balance sheet — is the one thing<ref>Well, all right, it is one of the ''thousands of things'' a client money provider may not do.</ref> a provider of client money protection may ''not'' do.
 
That won’t stop certain [[ETD]] clients — especially [[UCITS]] funds who can’t have credit exposure to single entities, not even [[bank|banks]] — insisting that their [[initial margin]] is held as [[client money]] and thereby diversified.


===When do client money obligations arise?===
===When do client money obligations arise?===