Is There A Website Where One Can Easily Check On Bank Solvency?.......

[global1]

I would like to check on my current bank and see where it stands during this crisis and I would also like to have options if I need to move money.

[lame54]

1. Deepshit(dot)com

[Contrary1]

2. Maybe this site will help:

http://www.bankrate.com/brm/safesound/ss_home.asp

*edit to add

Google: fitch ratings (your bank name)

[Better Believe It]

3. That's A Good Site I've Used It

I think I'll make a lead post on this.

[Ilsa]

4. Your bank will be periodically examined by regulators, like the FDIC

and Comptroller of the Currency. They usually use one another's examinations if a bank appears to be doing pretty well.

Do you know how to read their financial statements? The financial statements are publically available. There may be a balance sheet available in the bank lobby. Here is a site for the FDIC: http://www2.fdic.gov/idasp/

One ratio you can look at is the Loan to Deposit ratio, and also the Investments account for whatever detail they can make public. Also look for the Allowance for Bad Debt for an amount that is excessive compared to the total loan portfolio. Also look at how much Other Real Estate they own. This is the real estate they foreclosed on.

This information won't tell you much about their Investment portfolios, though.

Here's the OCC site: http://www.occ.treas.gov/

[yy4me]

5. Check this out,bpretty good info.

http://www.bankrate.com/

Found the banks my area with the best ratings. Took a while for me to navigate the site to find what I needed but the info was there, just took me a while. You computer savvy folks will find it right away.
Good Luck