Canada has the world's soundest banking system, closely followed by Sweden, Luxembourg and Australia, a survey by the World Economic Forum has found as financial crisis and bank failures shake world markets.
But Britain, which once ranked in the top five, has slipped to 44th place behind El Salvador and Peru, after a 50 billion pound pledge this week by the government to bolster bank balance sheets.
Meanwhile over here on the Emerald Isle the other half is burning the midnight oil helping the Englanders wishing to join the Irish banking system.