http://problembanklist.com Tracking Problem Banks and Failed Banks Sun, 07 Mar 2010 22:45:41 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Banking Links - March 8, 2010 Volcker Says - Keep Rates Low And Spending High - Bloomberg Local Governments Seek To Renege On Bank Interest Rate Swaps - BI Hard Times To Follow Reckless Fed Policies And Easy Bank Lending - Telegraph Banks Facing Huge Losses On Mortgage Buybacks - Bloomberg The EURO Will Survive ... http://problembanklist.com/blog/government-taxes-prudent-to-help-foolish-with-mortgage-rescue-plans/ 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 ... http://problembanklist.com/blog/bank-depositors-lose-millions-as-fdic-finds-no-buyers-for-2-failed-banks/ Banking Links - March 1, 2010 Buffett On Housing - Why The Bad News Is Good News -Forbes Buffett - Failed Bankers Still Live In Grand Style - TOL The Abrupt Collapse of Empires - LAT Many Banks Still On The Critical List - NYT Bank of America's $30 Million Dollar Man - Bloomberg Banks Hire ... http://problembanklist.com/blog/why-the-bad-news-on-housing-is-good-news/ Banking Failures in Nevada and Washington Bring 2010 Total To 22 The weekly banking failures continue as regulators closed two more failed banks in Nevada and Washington.   The two failed banks had total assets of $769 million and total deposits of $496 million.  The cost to the FDIC Deposit Insurance ... http://problembanklist.com/blog/latest-banking-failures-rainier-pacific-bank-carson-river-community-bank/ Banking Links - February 25, 2010 Banks, Like Everyone Else, Face Massive Tax Hikes - Bloomberg ‘Nascent’ Recovery Requires Low Rates - Bloomberg Banks Bet On Greece Default - NYT Credit Card Borrowing Becomes Road To Impoverishment - NYT Bernanke Seeks To Preserve Fed's Powers - WP Citigroup To Sell Hedge Fund Business - WSJ Banks Ease ... http://problembanklist.com/blog/no-easy-way-out-as-bank-lending-stalls/ Quarterly Banking Profile December 31, 2009 The FDIC Quarterly Banking Profile for the latest quarter ending December 31, 2009 continues to show a banking industry struggling with record levels of charge-offs and noncurrent loans. Net Charge-offs And Noncurrent Loans At Record Levels Net charge-offs for the fourth quarter of $53 billion increased by ... http://problembanklist.com/blog/graphic-look-at-the-sorry-state-of-us-banking/ Banking Links - February 24, 2010 Sovereign Defaults - When The Impossible Becomes Inevitable - Bloomberg Treasury To Borrow $200 Billion For The Fed - WSJ Banks Expand Consumer Lending At 120% Interest Rates - Bloomberg Banks Spurn Small Business Loans - Baseline Scenario Banks Cash In On Overdraft Fees - NYT How The Government Encourages ... http://problembanklist.com/blog/defaults-may-overwhelm-a-struggling-world-economy/ Banking Links - February 23, 2010 Excess Leverage Always Has A Bad Ending - Atlantic Japan, Like Greece, Is Beyond Redemption - Bloomberg Loan Mods Nothing More Than An Expensive Delay - Guess Who Pays? -Calculated Risk Why Every Welfare State Will Follow Greece Into The Abyss - WP US Banking Lending Drops At Fastest ... http://problembanklist.com/blog/will-more-leverage-save-the-economy/ Banking Links - February 22, 2010 Regulatory Financial Reform - All Talk, No Action - FS Without Borrowers Or Lenders, Deflation Is Inevitable - B Prechter Yield Starved Japanese Scoop Up US Treasury Debt - Bloomberg Fed Shows Its Hand With Discount Rate Hike - Econobrowser Low Borrowing Rates Meaningless Without Income - NYT Fundamental Financial ... http://problembanklist.com/blog/financial-regulatory-reform-remains-illusive/ Regulators Tell Banks To Lend - "Prudent Lending Will Not Be Criticized" The FDIC is encouraging banks under its supervision to increase lending to small businesses.   In a recent Financial Institution Letter, the FDIC highlights reasons for the decline in lending to small businesses as well as the rationale for banks ... http://problembanklist.com/blog/fdic-encourages-new-lending-as-loan-defaults-grow/