the intentions of these bitcoin banks might be good, but i don't want my coins to be held by a third party. my bitcoin core client is my bitcoin bank. i don't need anything else. i can take care of my own coins. and no, i am not willing to store my coins elsewhere for an interest rate. not worth it.

Yes, we have come a long way since MtGox and most financial institutions now have to adhere to strict operating regulations to function and to protect consumers. You have to make sure that these sites are properly regulated and audited, before you deposit any coins.

The same research you do on any other financial institutions apply to Bitcoin banks and investment websites. Things are only more complex with Bitcoin businesses, because chargeback are not possible with Bitcoin. You have to rely on the honesty of the recipient to get any refunds.

Personally I would advise people to stay away from these types of websites/companies unless it's a known company like Coinbase, Bitstamp etc offering the service. While HaoBTC does seem ok, I doubt anyone in their right mind would be willing to trust them with big amounts of Bitcoin.

I have never seen something like this. I would never trust a buffoon bank unless a big company made it.

To me I do think that the bitcoin banks are very safe. We just witnessed a situations where the other ATMs were messed up but the bitcoin ones were left untampered with the security flaw. Bitcoin is safe and there is no cause of alarm, invest in it.

I actually would trust a service like Xapo (which is basically a Bitcoin Bank already existing) 1000 times more than any of the current conventional banks, specially if in the future conventional banks convert and pretend to "pull a Xapo" as well. I would rather trust the original that has been pro-Bitcoin since the beginnings when it was harsh and not as trendy.

I haven't seen any legit bitcoin banks yet.
But then again why would you want to use a bank?
Isn't that why you're wanting to stay away from actual banks,
so that you don't have to depend on them?

Yeah there is no need to safe it in to the bank that is the point of bitcoin that we don't need banks.
With the banks you can't have control with your money is just better to safe it your pc or some online wallet.

You can never really trust any site unless you know their physical location of the office or company, and yeah never get carried away with the design of the site and promises.
I believe in bitcoin system. My wallet is my bank and my bitcoins are my investments.

Investing as the concept have nothing to do with the people who give money to the banks. The banks normally serve for savings (for whom who want to have more money/bitcoin using the amount have) and for investors who made the opposite of the savers (take money from the bank to create a business).

Naturally the money can be taken from the bank from everyone and not only for doing business but if is talked for investing the bank serve for giving money and for having money.

As for investments online these have nothing to do with the banks. I haven't heard any kind of bitcoin online bank who take bitcoin to everyone promising interest for them and give them to the others in order to have bigger interest from the lasts (which one must be so big that can do the bank to earn itself and pay the interests to the firsts).

I have heard and I am user (and earner of good profits) of sites which take your bitcoins, work with those and make profit for those and for the person who give money.

As for being secure no one can be never sure about investing online (every kind of investing). So who invest must know that exist the risk that one day the website may disappear and with it even the money/bitcoin invested on it. So invested doing all the possible analysis and deciding case by case. Anyhow there are factors which give much security (always having in mind that are online opportunities). I have three of those from which I am earning very good profits since three months. Who is interested to give a look pm me.