Large depositors of NOVA Bank, Berwyn, PA, are in a panic today after state regulators closed the failed bank. The FDIC, acting as receiver, was unable to find a buyer for NOVA Bank, and will pay off depositor accounts only up to the FDIC insurance limit of $250,000. NOVA Bank, established in 1887, had 13 […]
NOVA Bank, Berwyn, PA, Fails – Depositors Face Losses As FDIC Fails To Find Buyer
October 26, 2012 By 1 Comment
FDIC Warns Banks On Potential Losses By Depositors
February 8, 2011 By Leave a Comment
The ultimate nightmare for a bank customer is to have uninsured funds in a failed bank. Depositor losses at FDIC insured institutions occur more frequently than most people realize. Twice already in 2011, depositors at two failed banks have lost money on uninsured deposits. When a bank fails, the FDIC as receiver, will typically find […]
Enterprise Banking Co Failure Exposes Inequity of FDIC Deposit Insurance – Uninsured Depositors Out Of Luck
January 21, 2011 By Leave a Comment
January 21, 2011 -Enterprise Banking Company, McDonough, GA was closed today by the Georgia Department of Banking and Finance which named the FDIC as receiver. The FDIC was unable to find a buyer for Enterprise Banking. To protect insured depositors, the FDIC created the Deposit Insurance National Bank of McDonough (DINB) to take over the […]
My Bank Just Failed – Should I Hit The Panic Button?
October 6, 2010 By Leave a Comment
October 6, 2010 – The sudden news that your bank just failed can cause justifiable confusion and anxiety. Typically the issues of primary importance to depositors will be “are my savings at risk and how long will it be before I have access to my money”. In addition to these primary concerns, depositors of failed […]
9,500 Uninsured Depositors Of Failed Banks To Be Reimbursed
July 22, 2010 By 1 Comment
The Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act, signed into law by President Obama on July 21, 2010, permanently increases the deposit insurance limit to a maximum of $250,000. Deposit insurance limits had previously been temporarily increased from $100,000 to $250,000 effective from October 3, 2008, through December 31, 2010. The higher insurance coverage […]
Bank Depositors May Need To Take “Prompt and Corrective Action” – Is Your Bank On This List?
June 25, 2010 By Leave a Comment
The Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, the federal agency in charge of safeguarding the nation’s bank deposits, maintains a confidential Problem Bank List. This list contains the names of institutions that have weak capital positions caused by large loan losses or operational deficiencies that usually lead to failure. The FDIC does not publicize the list for […]
FDIC Deposit Insurance Limits To Permanently Increase – Savers Finally Win One
June 17, 2010 By Leave a Comment
June 17, 2010 – Lawmakers have agreed to make permanent the temporary increase on depositor insurance by the FDIC. To avoid depositor panic during the height of the financial crisis in the fall of 2008, the government temporarily increased deposit insurance limit from $100,000 to $250,000. The increased deposit insurance was due to expire on […]
Bank Depositors Lose Millions As FDIC Finds No Buyers For 2 Failed Banks
March 6, 2010 By Leave a Comment
Banking Failures in Florida, Illinois, Maryland and Utah Bring 2010 Total To 26 The weekly banking failures continue as regulators closed four more failed banks. The four failed banks for March 5, 2010 had total assets of $1.1 billion and total deposits of $1.0 billion. The cost to the FDIC Deposit Insurance Fund (DIF) […]