28 Customers’ Deposits and Margin Accounts

Customers’ deposits and margin accounts

2020 2019
AED’000 AED’000
Call and demand deposits 224,225 176,272
Time deposits 1,338,130 1,743,067
Wakala deposits 16,721 11,075
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1,579,076 1,930,414
Margin accounts 344,883 540,393
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1,923,959 2,470,807
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Analysis of customers’ deposits by sector is as follows:
By type:
Government 589,590 1,047,979
Corporate 1,334,369 1,422,828
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1,923,959 2,470,807
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Margin accounts represent cash margins collected from corporate customers against unfunded and funded credit facilities extended to them in the normal course of business.

Customers’ deposits and margin accounts carry interest/profit rates ranging from Nil to 4.25% p.a (2019: Nil to 4.5% p.a).