“…Depositors' trust in the banking system is crucial for banks to perform and operate effectively (Alamsyah et al, 2020) and to prevent bank runs (Kiss et al, 2022). Depositors' behavior could be affected by several things, for example, bank risk (Mart ınez and Schmukler, 2001;Distinguin et al, 2013;Hasan et al, 2013), bank transparency (Chen et al, 2022), bank political connection (Claessens and Perotti, 2007;Claessens et al, 2008;Nys et al, 2014), deposit insurance scheme reforms (Hadad et al, 2011;Iyer and Puri, 2012;Karas et al, 2013), individual depositor background (Boyle et al, 2022) and fear brought about by information and bad news (Arnold, 2019;Fecht et al, 2019). In today's digital era, information is disseminated rapidly and widely.…”