Credit Crisis Safety Plays: Banking Ratings Report Can Provide Peace of Mind and Warn You if Your Bank is Weak
November 14, 2008 at 11:07 AM EST
When federal banking regulators last week seized the Houston-based Franklin Bank SSB ( FBTX ), it became the 18th bank failure this year amid the ongoing credit crisis . With total assets of $5.1 billion and total deposits of $3.7 billion, Franklin wasn’t…