"Bank depositors" refers to individuals or companies who put their money into a bank for safekeeping or to earn interest. They are the people who deposit money into their bank accounts. Full definition
The decision by the Eurozone to force bank depositors in Cyprus to contribute towards a bailout, a first in the Eurozone debt crisis, could hurt other peripheral nations, the Euro and the global stock market rally, analysts warned. (worststockmarketcrashes.com)
The risks here were bloody obvious — while rare, there is plenty of historical precedent for bank depositors getting screwed. (wexboy.wordpress.com)
And therefore the fraud protections traditional bank depositors rely on are mostly unavailable. (fortune.com)