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Reports of bank failures in 2007 and prospects of more this year is enough to cause some panic among bank clients regarding the safety of their money in the bank.

CNN.com shares some advice on how to protect your money from bank failures. It starts with picking a safe bank. Of course this is easy. A safe bank bears the FDIC logo, giving you an assurance that your money is insured up to $100,000.

If you are using internet banking or dealing with bank that you barely know the reputation of, it is highly recommended to use FDIC resources in checking the legitimacy and stability of the bank. FDIC maintains a list of bank rating agencies that assess banks and can help you decide on which bank is the safest choice.

Bank failures or not, it is important to choose a safe bank so we can be assured that our money is in good hands. After all, we work hard earning them.

A news article from NaplesNews.Com reports that the FDIC secures the public that the US banking industry is �in a good position to withstand turbulence.� This is in response to the issue of sub-prime mortgage crisis that is affecting the industry at present and is seen as far from over.

The sub-prime crisis raised serious supervisory concerns, prompting the FDIC and other federal bank regulators to issue guidance and statements on prudent loan underwriting, Curry pointed out.

FDIC Director Thomas Curry advises bankers to plan ahead when doing business in a slowing economy as there will going to be �significant losses� as a result of the sub-prime mortgage crisis.

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