> A major Taiwan newspaper with anti-Beijing leanings is reporting that nearly 40 banks have disappeared in recent days, merging with larger institutions, and that as many as 3,800 banks are in varying levels of trouble.<p>40 banks disappearing is really not much (unless you had money at that bank) given the scale the same sentence implies. Looking it up, 40 is less than 1% and these are small banks. I'd presume this isn't that big a deal.