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Ads on television, radio, plastered on billboard, in newspapers, magazines, and all around the internet are touting various internet based commercial banks. Likely, you have been intrigued by these ads where interest rates on even plain old savings deposits are above four percent and most CDs over five percent. Compare their rates with the brick and mortar institutions and you have to wonder: are these banks legitimate? In most cases they are, but there are a few things you should look for and know about these types of financial institutions before entrusting them with your hard earned money.

HSBC Direct, ING Direct, Everbank, Netbank, and EmigrantBank.com are just some of the notable names you probably heard about. Just to help you rest easy, all five institutions are legitimate.

So, what about the bank you never heard about. How can you know if they are legitimate? Well, there are a few things you should look for:

--Does the bank have a U.S. base of operations? ING Direct is a huge Dutch bank but they have an American division that is approved by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation or F.D.I.C. a name all consumers are probably familiar with.

--Speaking about the F.D.I.C., your bank should state boldly that they are ?FDIC Insured? or ?Member FDIC? on their site. Sure, anyone can make that claim but you can go to the FDIC site at FDIC.gov to verify that your bank is approved. Click on the ?Bank Find? key and enter as much information that you know about the bank including the bank's name, address, city, etc. The FDIC site will tell you if the bank is actively part of the FDIC or not.

--Watch out for bogus sites. Most ?phishing? sites disappear almost as quickly as they arise, but that doesn't mean that some offshore swindler can't start a site mimicking another financial institution. Look carefully at the site and determine if extension ends in ?com? or ?net? and check out the various pages on that site for spelling errors, misleading information, etc.

Once you have found a bank that meets your needs, go ahead and open an account. Internet banks are booming because consumers are given a real choice well beyond what a standard bank can offer. With a very low overheard, these banks are competing for you business by passing on their savings to you. In the end, the consumer is the big winner!

Performance Of Commercial Banks

China's commercial banking sector is plagued by less bad loans, which were reported to be of 116.8 Billion Yuan by twelve joint stock commercial banks in the beginning of 2006. Non-performing credit ratio for key commercial banks in China slid to 7.6%, down by 1.3% points over the start of this year (2006). China Banking Regulatory Commission's statistics show that bad debt in state commercial banks came down by 16.4 Billion Yuan, to reach 1.1 Trillion Yuan, by the end of Sep 2006. Bad debt ratio for these banks reached 9.3%, which was down by 1.2% points over the start of this year.

Towards the end of 2006, China will open up its financial sector, as per its commitment to WTO (World Trade Organization). Full entry of foreign banks will result in a great transformation in the outer environment of the commercial banks in China.

However, they will only be able to survive if they enhance income from businesses, besides interest rate, and improve capability of enhanced performance and service to customers. Commercial banks need to try to change the loan and credit structure, effectively and efficiently control the over-fast increase of long and mid -term loans, and develop credit services that drive consumption.

"The financial institutions in China have reported around 724 law-breaking cases so far, almost 190 fewer than the number in 2005. Financial institutions in Chinese banking sector ought to pay great attention to this type of cases, enhance corporate governance and establish long-term mechanisms to prevent risks", said a RNCOS analyst who has recently researched a report on "China Banking Sector Analysis (2006-2009)".

This research report on "China Banking Sector Analysis (2006-2009)", also addresses some interesting issues for today's Global business environment:

§Get insight in to current trends in the performance of market.

§Pinpoint sectors for growth and identify the factors driving change.

§Opportunities, Strategies and challenges in the banking industry.

§Identify market as well as brand leaders, plus, gain an understanding of competitive environment.

§The services drive the Banking Sector in China.

The report further provides extensive research and objective analysis on the growing banking industry, their product quality, and their services in India. This report helps clients to analyze the leading-edge opportunities critical to the success of the banking Industry in China.

For more information visit: http://www.rncos.com/Report/IM056.htm

Current Industry News: http://www.rncos.com/blog

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