The latest FDIC Quarterly Banking Profile shows a negligible decline in problem banks but the banking industry remains in intensive care. The banking industry reported a $28.8 billion profit for the second quarter which was $7.9 billion higher than last year’s quarter ending June 30, 2010. The bulk of the profit improvement, however, came from […]
FDIC Reports Decline In Problem Banks But Banking Industry Remains In Intensive Care
August 23, 2011 By Leave a Comment
Ocean Bank Charged With Money Laundering – Feds Pass On Criminal Charges
August 23, 2011 By 1 Comment
Ocean Bank, Miami, Florida, was charged by regulators with willfully failing to establish controls to identify and report money laundering and other suspicious activity. The Bank’s failure to properly comply with anti-money laundering laws allowed Mexican drug cartels to launder millions of dollars from illegal narcotics sales through Ocean Bank. Ocean Bank, which was founded […]
Regulators Close Four Banks In Four States Bringing Total Bank Failures To 68
August 19, 2011 By Leave a Comment
Regulators closed four banks in four different states this week. As has been typical for 2011, three of the failed banks were small or mid sized with total assets under $250. The largest bank failure of the week was Lydian Private Bank of Florida with $1.7 billion in assets, which became the fifth largest banking […]
First Choice Bank of Geneva, IL, Closed By Regulators
August 19, 2011 By Leave a Comment
First Choice Bank, Geneva, Illinois, was closed by State regulators who appointed the FDIC as receiver. The FDIC sold the failed bank to Inland Bank & Trust, Oak Brook, IL, which will assume all the deposits of the failed bank. First Choice Bank, a community bank with $141 million in assets was founded at the […]
First Southern National Bank of Georgia Becomes 67th Banking Failure
August 19, 2011 By 2 Comments
First Southern National Bank of Statesboro, Georgia, established in 2001 by a group of local businessmen, was closed today by the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency. The FDIC, appointed as receiver, sold the failed bank to Heritage Bank of the South, Albany, Georgia. First Southern had only one branch which will reopen on […]
Lydian Private Bank of Florida With $1.7 Billion In Assets Closed By Regulators
August 19, 2011 By Leave a Comment
The fifth largest bank failure of the year occurred in Florida today as regulators closed the $1.7 billion asset Lydian Private Bank of Palm Beach. Although the banking failures of 2011 do not come close to the size of bank failures witnessed during the financial meltdown of 2008, the collective size of this year’s banking […]
Did Regulators Stop A Run on the Bank At Failed Public Savings Bank?
August 18, 2011 By 3 Comments
Regulators closed a small 83 year old bank today in an unusual Thursday afternoon closing. Traditionally, failed banks are closed by regulators at the close on business on Friday afternoon to minimize customer disruption. Was the unusual timing of the bank closing related to panicked depositors withdrawing money? Although the FDIC did not comment on […]
First National Bank of Olathe, Kansas, Closed By Regulators
August 12, 2011 By Leave a Comment
The First National Bank of Olathe, established in 1887, was closed today by the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency. The FDIC, appointed as receiver, sold the failed bank to Enterprise Bank & Trust, Clayton, Missouri. Enterprise Bank & Trust will assume all deposits of failed First National Bank of Olathe. All six branches […]
Feds Close Two Banks In Washington and Illinois – Depositor’s Concerns Grow
August 5, 2011 By Leave a Comment
Regulators closed two banks today, bringing the total number of banking failures for the year to 63. The FDIC classifies 888 banks as “Problem Banks”, a number which has risen nonstop since 2006. The number of troubled banks comprise almost 12% of all federally insured institutions. With many analysts forecasting another recession, a further increase […]
S&P Downgrades US Debt – Feds Tell Banks US Securities Still “Riskless”
August 5, 2011 By Leave a Comment
The credit rating of the United States was downgraded for the first time in its history by Standard & Poor’s. The credit rating agencies had previously warned Congress that unless a credible deficit reduction plan was enacted, the United States could expect a downgrade. Standard & Poor’s reduced the US credit rating from AAA to […]