I don't think you can put ING Direct in the same league as AmTrust and Emigrant direct. ING Direct is multi national (in 40 countries), AmTrust has/had branches located in 6? states and Emigrant which is the largest bank in New York, but has no branches anywhere else. -----Original Message----- From: piclist-bounces@mit.edu [mailto:piclist-bounces@mit.edu] On Behalf Of Funny NYPD Sent: December 5, 2009 8:36 AM To: piclist@mit.edu Subject: [OT]Amtrust Bank was closed yesterday. Regulators shut AmTrust Bank in Ohio, 5 others, for more news, please refer to: http://apnews.excite.com/article/20091205/D9CCUQUO0.html http://www.fdic.gov/news/news/press/2009/pr09222.html Amtrust has been on the bank market for many years, and it is famous for high deposit interest rate. Check it out if you got deposit in this bank. Not sure for the future of other "High deposite interest rate banks", such as ING Direct, Emigrant direct, etc. Funny N. Au Group Electronics, http://www.AuElectronics.com http://www.AuElectronics.com/products http://augroups.blogspot.com/ -- http://www.piclist.com PIC/SX FAQ & list archive View/change your membership options at http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/piclist -- http://www.piclist.com PIC/SX FAQ & list archive View/change your membership options at http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/piclist