Latest Banking Failures – Rainier Pacific Bank, Carson River Community Bank

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 Fund (DIF) for this […]

Graphic Look At The Sorry State Of US Banking

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 $14.4 billion […]

4 Banks Collapse Bringing 2010 Total To 20, OneWest Makes Billions On Failed Bank Purchases

Banking Failures in Texas, California, Illinois and Florida Bring 2010 Total To 20 Regulators continued their ritual of Friday night bank closings, shuttering 4 more banks across the country.   The four failed banks had total assets of $4.2 billion and total deposits of $3.4 billion.  The cost to the FDIC Deposit Insurance Fund (DIF) […]

Banking Failure In Minnesota Brings 2010 Total Closings To 16

One Tiny Bank Fails in Minnesota – Total Failures Reach 16 In 2010 Regulators closed one bank today in Minnesota.   The failed bank had total assets of $18.2 million and total deposits of $16.3 million.   The cost to the FDIC Deposit Insurance Fund for the closing of this tiny failed bank is estimated at […]

6 Banking Failures Highlight Horrendous Loan Portfolios

Six More Banking Failures Bring Year’s Total To 15 Regulators closed six banks today in Florida, Minnesota, California, Washington and two in Georgia.  The six failed banks had total assets of $5.5  billion and total deposits of $4.9 billion.  The total cost to the FDIC Deposit Insurance Fund for the six failed banks is estimated […]

5 More Banking Failures Bring 2010’s Closings To 9

Regulators closed five banks today in Florida, Missouri, New Mexico, Washington and Oregon.  The five failed banks had total assets of $3.2 billion and total deposits of $2.6 billion.  The total cost to the FDIC Deposit Insurance Fund for the five failed banks is estimated at $531.7 million or 17% of total assets.  The cost […]

How Much Did Depositors Actually Lose at Barnes Banking Company?

Depositor Losses At Barnes Banking Unknown On Friday, January 15, 2010, Barnes Banking Company was closed by the Utah Department of Financial Institutions which appointed the FDIC as receiver.  Since no other institution could be found to assume the assets or deposits of failed Barnes Banking, the FDIC set up a Deposit Insurance National Bank […]

Three Banking Failures Cost FDIC $300 Million

January 15, 2010 – Regulators Close 3 Banks Regulators closed three banks today in Utah, Minnesota and Illinois.  The three failed banks had total assets of $922.1 million and total deposits of $877.3.  The total cost to the FDIC Deposit Insurance Fund for the three failed banks is estimated at $296.3 million or 32% of […]

First Banking Failure of 2010 To Cost FDIC $539 Million

2010’s First Banking Failure Reveals That Almost Half Of Failed Horizon Bank’s Assets Were Worthless After a holiday rest of three weeks since the last banking failures on December 18, 2009, regulators announced the first banking failure of 2010.   The honor of the first failed bank of 2010 belongs to Horizon Bank of Bellingham, […]

Buyers For Failed Banks Hard To Find As FDIC Loses $1.8 Billion On 7 Bank Closings

7 Banking Institutions Closed On December 18, 2009  –  FDIC Forced To Retain $1.9 Billion In Failed Bank Assets – Depositors Lose $3.2 Million As the number of banking failures increase, the FDIC appears to be encountering increasing difficulty in finding buyers for failed banks,  despite agreeing to cover a large percentage of potential losses […]