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 […]

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, […]

FDIC Losses Total $252 Million On Failure Of 3 Small Banks

133 Banking Failures As Of December 11, 2009 The FDIC was appointed as receiver for three small banks closed by federal regulators on December 11, 2009.   The three failed banks in Florida, Arizona and Kansas had a total of 11 branches with $984.4 million in assets.  Although the estimated losses to the FDIC on these […]

Regulators Hit Snooze Button – One Tiny Bank Closed

One Tiny Bank Seized Regulators continued their leisurely pace of bank closings this week, shuttering only a tiny one branch bank in Florida.  With hundreds of banks technically insolvent, loan credit quality declining and non performing loans at all time highs, regulators seem to be hoping that zombie banks can somehow recover if they are […]

Banking Regulators Wake Up – 7 Small Banks Closed For October 23, 2009

Banking Failures – 106 And Counting Banking regulators have been closing banks at a leisurely pace over the past two weeks despite the fact that many analysts expect upwards of 1,000 additional banks to fail based on their poor financial condition and mounting loan losses.  The FDIC Problem Bank List currently includes 416 banks with […]

“Loss-Share Agreements” – Is The FDIC Postponing Losses On Bank Failures?

FDIC Loss Sharing Examined Loss sharing is a common feature of purchase and assumptions agreements used by the FDIC to move failed bank assets into the private sector.  Under a loss share agreement, the FDIC agrees to absorb a certain portion of losses on a failed bank’s assets that are purchased by an acquiring bank.  […]