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How to Protect Your Money from Bank Failures

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Date: November 10th, 2009

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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.