October 15, 2010 – WestBridge Bank and Trust Company, Chesterfield, Missouri, was closed today by the Missouri Division of Finance. The FDIC was appointed as receiver and sold the bank to Midland States Bank, Effingham, Illinois, which will assume all deposits and purchase essentially all assets of the failed bank. WestBridge Bank was a small, […]
Security Savings Bank, Olathe, Kansas, Shut Down By Feds
October 15, 2010 By Leave a Comment
October 15, 2010 – Security Savings Bank, F.S.B., Olathe, Kansas, was closed by the Office of Thrift Supervision, which appointed the FDIC as receiver. The FDIC sold failed Security Savings Bank to Simmons First National Bank, Pine Bluff, Arkansas, which will assume all deposits and purchase all assets of the failed bank. Security Savings Bank, […]
My Bank Just Failed – Should I Hit The Panic Button?
October 6, 2010 By Leave a Comment
October 6, 2010 – The sudden news that your bank just failed can cause justifiable confusion and anxiety. Typically the issues of primary importance to depositors will be “are my savings at risk and how long will it be before I have access to my money”. In addition to these primary concerns, depositors of failed […]
Monterey County Bank, Monterey California, Cited By FDIC For Deceptive Practices
October 5, 2010 By 1 Comment
October 5, 2010 – Monterey County Bank, Monterey, California, agreed to pay $3 million under a Consent Order with the FDIC for deceptive practices under the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act. The terms of the settlement were announced in an FDIC Press Release. The Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) announced a settlement with Monterey County […]
Shoreline Bank, Shoreline, Washington, Closed By Regulators
October 1, 2010 By Leave a Comment
October 1, 2010 – Shoreline Bank, Shoreline, Washington, was closed today by the Washington Department of Financial Institutions, which appointed the FDIC as receiver. The FDIC entered into a purchase and assumption agreement with GBC International Bank, Los Angeles, California, to assume all deposits and a portion of failed Shoreline’s assets. According to GBC’s website, […]
Wakulla Bank, Crawfordville, Florida, Closed By Regulators
October 1, 2010 By Leave a Comment
October 1, 2010 – Wakulla Bank, Crawfordville, Florida, was closed today by the Florida Office of Financial Regulation, which appointed the FDIC as receiver. Centennial Bank, Conway, Arkansas, acquired the failed bank under a purchase and assumption agreement with the FDIC. Centennial Bank will assume all the deposits and purchase essentially all of the assets […]
Banking Failures In Washington and Florida Bring Year’s Total To 127
September 24, 2010 By Leave a Comment
September 24, 2010 – Banking failures in Washington and Florida brought the nation’s total number of banking failures to 127. The State of Florida remains unchallenged as the nation’s top state for banking failures. With this week’s failure of Haven Trust Bank Florida, Florida now accounts for nearly 20% of the total banking failures for […]
North County Bank, Arlington, Washington, Failed Bank #127
September 24, 2010 By Leave a Comment
September 24, 2010 – North County Bank, Arlington, Washington, a four branch bank founded in 2001, was closed today by the Washington Department of Financial Institutions, which appointed the FDIC as receiver. The FDIC entered into a purchase and assumption agreement with Whidbey Island Bank, Coupeville, Washington, to assume all deposits and purchase all assets […]
Haven Trust Bank Florida, Ponte Vedra Beach, Florida, Closed By Regulators
September 24, 2010 By Leave a Comment
September 24, 2010 – Florida has experienced more banking failures than any other state in the nation. Today’s failure of Haven Trust Bank Florida becomes the nation’s 126th banking failure and the twenty-fourth in Florida. Almost 20% of the nation’s total banking failures have now occurred in Florida. The only two other states with […]
Pace Of Bank Failures Increase As Regulators Close Six Banks
September 17, 2010 By Leave a Comment
September 17, 2010 – After closing only one bank since August 20th, regulators picked up the pace and closed six banking institutions. With the recent increase in the number of banks on the FDIC’s “Problem Bank List“, regulators should be busy well into 2011 closing institutions that are considered “unsafe and unsound”. As of the […]