By Daisy Luther

Remember how I told you that Deutsche Bank was going under?

Well, that poor bank has had technical difficulties and many customers are unable to access their accounts. Don’t worry, though – it’s totally unrelated to the death throes of one of the most powerful banks in the world.

Zero Hedge reported that this is not the first time the beleaguered bank has suffered “IT Issues” or been unable to provide its customers with their money.

Making matters even worse, as Reuters and Handelsblatt reported, the bank suffered a further blow to its image this weekend with a third IT outage in the space of a few months on Saturday “that prevented some customers getting access to their money for a short time.” Handelsblatt adds that “among rumors about state aid, the dramatic fall in its stock price, and an attack by hedge funds on the most important domestic bank, now come reports of a new IT glitch. “Customers can not access their cash because it is blocked”, a customer complained on Saturday morning to Handelsblatt, adding that “I am stunned: I can’t make weekend purchases since I can neither get cash nor pay by card.” … One week ago, the bank suffered delays and errors in its online banking platform, and in many cases deposits and debits “were displayed twice or not displayed at all.” In June, customers were unable to withdraw money. Also, as reported here, in late August, Deutsche Bank was forced to make a statement after reports emerged that it was unable to provide physical gold upon request for delivery from the Xetra-Gold ETN.

I’m sure everything is just fine, though. Don’t listen to conspiracy theorists who say otherwise.

As well, don’t pay any attention to the fact that Germany’s second largest bank, Commerzbank, is cutting more than 10,000 jobs and no longer paying dividends to stockholders.

If you aren’t prepped for a stock market crash, you need to get with it.

While we’d love to say that the crash of banks across the sea in Germany will have no effect on us, that’s simply not the case. Our market has already shown stress from the Deutsche Bank troubles, and should the bank go under completely, we will definitely feel the repercussions in North America.

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Last summer the BBC reported on exactly how bad it would be if the Deutsche Bank failed:

…the IMF said that, of the banks big enough to bring the financial system crashing down, Deutsche Bank was the riskiest. Not only that, Deutsche Bank’s US unit was one of only two of 33 big banks to fail tests of financial strength set by the US central bank earlier this year.

Here’s what you need to do immediately in the event of a stock market crash.

Go here to read the rest of the article about what to do in the event of a market crash.

Daisy Luther is a freelance writer and editor. Her website, where this article first appeared, offers information on healthy prepping, including premium nutritional choices, general wellness and non-tech solutions. You can follow Daisy on Facebook and Twitter, and you can email her at [email protected]