Heritage Banking Group, Carthage, MS, Closed By Regulators

Heritage Banking Group, Carthage, MS, was closed today by the Mississippi Department of Banking and Consumer Finance.  The FDIC was named as receiver and sold the bank to Trustmark National Bank, Jackson, MS, which will assume all deposits of Heritage Banking. Heritage Banking had 8 branches which will reopen on Monday as branches of Trustmark.  […]

Rosemount National Bank of Minnesota Closed By Regulators

Rosemount National Bank of Rosemount, Minnesota, was closed today by the Comptroller of the Currency which appointed the FDIC as receiver.  The FDIC sold the failed bank to Central Bank, Stillwater, MN.  Central Bank will assume all deposits and purchase all assets of failed Rosemount Bank. Rosemount Bank was a tiny bank with only one […]

Superior Bank of Alabama Becomes First Billion Dollar Bank Failure of 2011

Superior Bank of Birmingham, Alabama, was closed today by the Office of Thrift Supervision, which appointed the FDIC as receiver.  To protect depositors, the FDIC sold Superior Bank to Superior Bank, N.A., a newly chartered bank subsidiary of Community Bancorp of Houston, Texas.  Superior Bank, N.A. will assume all deposits and purchase all assets of […]

Nexity Bank, Birmingham, Alabama, Closed By Regulators

Shareholders of Nexity Financial Corp, the holding company for Nexity Bank, saw all hope for a recovery in their investment evaporate today as regulators closed Nexity Bank. Nexity Bank was closed by the State of Alabama Banking Department which appointed the FDIC as receiver.  To protect depositors, the FDIC sold Nexity Bank to Alostar Bank […]

New Horizons Bank of East Ellijay, GA, Fails and Sold To Bank With Unpaid TARP Loan

New Horizons Bank, East Ellijay, Georgia, was closed today by the Georgia Department of Banking and Finance which named the FDIC as receiver.  The FDIC entered into a purchase and assumption agreement with Citizens South Bank, Gastonia, North Carolina, to assume all deposits and purchase all assets of failed New Horizons. New Horizons was a […]

Bartow County Bank, Cartersville, GA, Closed By Regulators

Bartow County Bank of Cartersville, GA, besieged by a collapsing loan portfolio, was closed today by the Georgia Department of Banking and Finance, which appointed the FDIC as receiver.  The FDIC sold the failed bank to Hamilton State Bank, Hoschton, Georgia, which will assume all deposits of Bartow County Bank. Bartow County Bank, a half […]

Bank Failures In Nevada and Illinois Bring Year’s Total To 28

Regulators closed two small banks in Nevada and Illinois bringing the total number of banking failures for 2011 to 28. During 2010, there were a total of 157 banking failures, the most since 1992 when 181 banks failed.  A total of 140 banking failures occurred during 2009 and 25 in 2008. Although the pace of […]

Nevada Commerce Bank, Las Vegas, NV, Closed By Regulators

Nevada Commerce Bank, Las Vegas, Nevada, overwhelmed by loan defaults, was closed today by the Nevada Financial Institutions Division, which appointed the FDIC as receiver.  The FDIC sold the failed bank to City National Bank, Los Angeles, CA, which will assume all deposits of the failed bank. The two branches of Nevada Commerce will reopen […]

Western Springs National Bank and Trust Closed By OCC

Ninety five year old Western Springs National Bank and Trust, which survived the depression and two previous banking crises, saw its long history come to an end today when the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency closed the bank to protect depositors.  The FDIC, acting as receiver, sold the bank to Heartland Bank and […]

2010 Banking Failures By State – Why 2011 Should Look The Same

The most severe financial crisis since the 1930’s resulted in a nationwide drop in real estate values and the largest number of banking failures since 1992.  The huge buildup of debt that fueled the bubble in real estate prices has resulted in a record number of mortgage defaults and foreclosures. During 2010, a total of […]