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NE Bankers Confident
By Curt Nickisch

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Customer Barbara Fox outside IndyMac Bank, CA, after regulators seized the bank in July. (AP Photo)
Customer Barbara Fox outside IndyMac Bank, CA, after regulators seized the bank in July. (AP Photo)
BOSTON, Mass. - August 18, 2008 - Recently, there have been dramatic scenes of customers lining up to pull their savings out of IndyMac Bancorp Inc.

Federal regulators seized the California-based mortgage lender last month, in the nation's third biggest bank failure.

The Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, which backs most private accounts up to $100,000, says it expects more banks to close.

But, as WBUR's Curt Nickisch reports, experts say that's not likely to happen in New England.


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