Western Commercial Bank, Woodland Hills, CA, Closed By Regulators

November 5, 2010 – Western Commercial Bank, Woodland Hills, California, was closed today by the California Department of Financial Institutions, which appointed the FDIC as receiver.  The FDIC entered into a purchase and assumption agreement with First California Bank, Westlake Village, California, to assume all deposits and purchase all assets of failed Western Commercial. Western […]

Failed K Bank, Randallstown, MD, Acquired By M&T Bank

November 5, 2010 – K Bank, Randallstown, Maryland, was closed today by the Maryland Office of Financial Regulation, which appointed the FDIC as receiver.   K Bank, the fourth banking failure in Maryland this year, becomes the 140th banking failure of the year.   Total banking failures for 2010 now match the 140 banking failures for all […]

Many Of These Problem Banks Will Fail – FDIC Discloses Enforcement Actions

October 30, 2010 – The FDIC recently released a list of orders of administrative enforcement actions taken against banks in September, including 30 “Consent Orders” (formerly called “cease and desist consent orders”) and 5 Prompt Corrective Actions. Formal enforcement actions are publicly disclosed by regulators and used to address severe deficiencies or when regulators have […]

FDIC Sells 3 Failed Banks To Bailed Out Banks With Unpaid TARP Loans

October 22, 2010 – There has been much discussion in the press lately about the increased competition among buyers for failed banks.  The theory is that buyers see a looming economic recovery that will result in huge gains by purchasing failed banks at bargain prices.  This week’s sale of failed banks by the FDIC, however, […]

7 Banking Failures Hit Arizona, Kansas, Illinois, Georgia and Florida

October 22, 2010 – Regulators closed seven banks today in five different States.  The total number of banking failures is now only one shy of last year’s total of 139. Banking failures are now at the highest level since 1992 when a large number of banks failed due to the savings and loan crisis. Highlights […]

First Arizona Savings of Arizona Fails – FDIC Finds No Buyer and Depositors Lose $6 Million

October 22, 2010- There are likely to be some shell shocked depositors tonight at First Arizona Savings, A FSB, Scottsdale, Arizona, who stand to lose $5.8 million in uninsured deposits.   After the Office of Thrift Supervision closed First Arizona and appointed the FDIC as receiver, the FDIC was unable to find a buyer for failed […]

Hillcrest Bank, Overland Park, Kansas, Collapses Under Bad Loans

October 22, 2010 – Hillcrest Bank, Overland Park, Kansas, a $1.6 billion dollar asset institution, became the largest banking failure this week.  Regulators also closed six other banking institutions in Florida, Georgia, Illinois and Arizona. Hillcrest Bank was closed by the Kansas Office of the State Banking Commissioner, which appointed the FDIC as receiver.  The […]

First Suburban National Bank of Illinois Closed By Regulators

October 22, 2010 – First Suburban National Bank, Maywood, Illinois, was closed today by the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC), which appointed the FDIC as receiver. The OCC, in its press release stated that “The OCC acted after finding that the bank had experienced substantial dissipation of assets and earnings due to […]

The First National Bank of Barnesville, Georgia, Closed By Regulators

October 22, 2010 – The First National Bank of Barnesville, Barnesville, Georgia, was closed today by the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency, which appointed the FDIC as receiver.  The FDIC sold First National to United Bank, Zebulon, Georgia, which will assume all deposits and purchase essentially all of the assets of the failed […]

The Gordon Bank, Gordon, Georgia, Shuttered By Regulators

October 22, 2010 – The Gordon Bank, Gordon, Georgia, a tiny bank with only one branch and $29.4 million in assets, was closed today by the Georgia Department of Banking and Finance, which appointed the FDIC as receiver. Morris Bank, Dublin, Georgia, entered into an agreement with the FDIC to assume all of Gordon Bank’s […]