»»»»»»»» FDIC Troubled Bank List Grows from 90 to 117 Banks in Trouble, According to the FDIC

The FDIC list of banks in trouble grows from 90 to 117 — follow these tips to try and find out if your bank is in trouble.

People are really searching for the FDIC’s list of troubled banks, but the FDIC doesn’t publish their secret list for fear of people running to grab their monies out of the troubled banks, causing more problems for the alread troubled banks.

The FDIC doesn’t publish the list of 117 banks in trouble, but…

That hasn’t stopped people from using all sorts of methods to find out what banks are on the list of troubled banks.


Here are a few ways to stay on top of bank failures, and to research if your bank may be on the FDIC’s secret list of troubled banks:

»»»»»»»» Sign up for email notifications from the FDIC of bank failures…»»»»»»»»

»»»»»»»» Scan this list of troubled banks at risk according to Bank Implode, not according to the FDIC…they research recent bank write-downs to come up with their own “Troubled Bank List” »»»»»»»»

»»»»»»»» View the FDIC list of failed banks, updated for 2008 »»»»»»»»

Stay on top of the FDIC’s watch list growing from 90 banks in trouble to 117…

Read this CBS report about the FDIC saying their watch list of banks has grown from 90 to 117, the largest jump since 2003.

»»»»»»»» Find out your bank’s strength rating here at BankRate.com »»»»»»»»

I went thru the machinations to find out the bank strength rating of both of the banks I use. Chase Bank was great at 5, National City’s bank strength rating was horrible at 1. So as soon as any money is deposited into my National City bank account, I immediately transfer it to pay my American Express bill.

By doing the above things — along with staying on top of the troubled bank news thru Google News and Google Alerts — you should be more aware of which banks are on the FDIC’s troubled bank list.

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