The FDIC issued a list of 53 administrative enforcement actions taken in August against problem banks and individuals. Among the enforcement actions issued were 11 consent orders, 14 civil money penalties, 1 prompt corrective action and 17 orders terminating previous prompt corrective action directives, consent orders and cease and desist orders. Please see complete list […]
Citizens Bank of Northern California Closed By Regulators
September 23, 2011 By Leave a Comment
Citizens Bank of Northern California, Nevada City, CA, founded in 1995, was closed today by the California Department of Financial Institutions. The FDIC, acting as receiver, sold the failed bank to Tri Counties Bank, Chico, CA. Citizens Bank had seven branches which will reopen on Monday as branches of Tri Counties Bank. Depositors of failed […]
Bank of the Commonwealth, Norfolk, VA, Closed By Regulators
September 23, 2011 By 1 Comment
Bank of the Commonwealth, Norfolk, Virginia, founded in 1970, was closed today by the Virginia State Corporation Commission. The FDIC, acting as receiver, sold the failed bank to Southern Bank and Trust Company of Mount Olive, North Carolina. Bank of the Commonwealth had a total of 21 branches with 17 operating in Virginia and 4 […]
FDIC Reports Decline In Problem Banks But Banking Industry Remains In Intensive Care
August 23, 2011 By Leave a Comment
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 […]
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 […]