Cyprus crysis made people to think whether it is safe for country to have enormous financial sector in comparison to relatively small GDP. There are a lot of countries with the economies built around the financial sectors, and whose wealth denends on its developement.  Luxembourg is the country which has the biggest financial sector: its bank deposits are almost 6 times as large as GDP. However only 5% of total bank assets of Luxembourg belong to local banks, the other 95% - are assets of branches of international banks which are safe. On the contrary, in Cyprus, 81% of banks are local. So, the scope of financial sector as itself - in not the reason for worries; but the quality of financial sector - is what matters.

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