September 17, 2010 – The nation’s 120th banking failure of 2010 occurred today with the closing of ISN Bank, Cherry Hill, New Jersey. ISN Bank was closed by the New Jersey Department of Banking and Insurance, which appointed the FDIC as receiver. The FDIC sold the failed one branch bank to New Century Bank (doing […]
Big Banks Accused Of Promoting Predatory Payday Lending
September 16, 2010 By Leave a Comment
September 15, 2010 – Big banks seem to be on the nation’s list of most hated institutions. After being blamed for causing the financial crash of 2008 through reckless lending, banks are now taking heat for prolonging the recession with excessively stringent lending standards. One industry to which banks have aggressively extended credit is now […]
Government Requests Banks To Buyback $30 Billion Of Defaulted Mortgages
September 15, 2010 By Leave a Comment
September 15, 2010 – Defaulted mortgage loans sold to Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac during the peak years of the mortgage boom are now resulting in billion dollar losses for some of the largest banks in the country. Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, now under the conservatorship of the Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA), are […]
Future Banking Industry Losses On Bad Loans Estimated At $268 Billion
September 14, 2010 By Leave a Comment
September 14, 2010 – Despite the fact that banks have already taken huge losses on bad loans, Moody’s Investor Service estimates that the US banking industry still needs to recognize an additional $268 billion in losses on defaulted loans. According to Moody’s, banks will write off a total of $744 billion in bad loans through […]
Horizon Bank, Bradenton, FL, Closed By Regulators
September 10, 2010 By 2 Comments
September 10, 2010 – Horizon Bank, Bradenton, Florida, was closed by the Florida Office of Financial Regulation, which appointed the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) as receiver. To protect the depositors, the FDIC entered into a purchase and assumption agreement with Bank of the Ozarks, Little Rock, Arkansas, to assume all of the deposits and essentially […]
FDIC Says Dodd-Frank Act Ends “Too Big To Fail” Era
September 3, 2010 By Leave a Comment
September 3, 2010 – FDIC Chairman Sheila Bair, in testimony before the Financial Crisis Inquiry Commission discussed how future systemic risks can be better managed and reduced under provisions of the Dodd-Frank Act. Chairman Bair also said that new liquidation authority under the Act is a fundamental factor that will allow the U.S. to end […]
Should Banks Be Allowed To Resume Subprime Lending?
August 31, 2010 By Leave a Comment
As discussed in a previous post, based on the total number of Americans with a credit score of 649 or lower, up to 35% of all Americans are effectively locked out of the refinance or purchase mortgage market for the foreseeable future (see One Third of All Americans Unqualified). In the past, borrowers who did […]
FDIC Problem Bank Increase Puts Over 10% Of Banks At Risk Of Failure
August 31, 2010 By Leave a Comment
August 31, 2010 – The latest FDIC Quarterly Banking Profile shows a 7% increase in the number of Problem Banks to 829 at June 30, 2010, up from 775 at March 31, 2010. The number of problem banks is now at its highest level since March 1993 when there were 928. More than 10% of […]
FHFA Conservator’s Report – Why Fannie Mae And Freddie Mac Failed
August 30, 2010 By 2 Comments
August 30, 2010 – In 2008, Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac were on the verge of failure after an unprecedented decline in housing values triggered a subsequent wave of mortgage defaults. To avoid the total collapse of these two mortgage giants, the Federal Housing Finance Authority (FHFA) placed Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac under conservatorship […]
Can The Banking Industry Survive Another Five Years Of Declining Housing Values?
August 27, 2010 By Leave a Comment
The banking industry came close to collapse in 2008 as loan defaults surged and property values collapsed. Government intervention and successful efforts to raise additional capital by major banks have since stabilized the banking industry, despite a record high level of delinquencies (see Consumers Delinquent on $1.3 Trillion Of Debt). Where we go from here […]