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This dissertation was written as part of the LLM in Transnational and European Commercial Law, Banking Law, Arbitration/Mediation at the International Hellenic University. Deposit insurance and bank resolution interact with each other as alternative or complementary mechanisms. Given that a direct pay-off under a deposit guarantee scheme will take place only where a failing bank is closed and liquidated and depositors have no longer access to their deposits, bank resolution – under the BRRD framework – ensures the continuity of banking services through the organisation of an orderly failure, reducing thus the likelihood of a deposit pay-off.