Banking Failures Increase To Eleven As Regulators Seize Four Banks

Four banking failures in four different states increased the number of banking collapses in 2011 to eleven banks. The FDIC, with a long list of 860 Problem Banks, was hit for $545.5 million in losses.  The total cost of the year’s banking failures now totals $1.2 billion. During 2010 a total of 157 banking failures […]

Four Banking Failures In Four States Cost FDIC $455 Million

January 21, 2010 – The FDIC, with a long list of 860 Problem Banks, was hit for $455 million in losses as four banks collapsed across four states. During 2010 a total of 157 banking failures occurred, the most since 1992 when 181 banks were closed. In 2009 a total of 140 banks were closed.  […]

CommunitySouth Bank and Trust, SC, Closed By Regulators

January 21, 2011 – CommunitySouth Bank and Trust, Easley, South Carolina, was closed today by the South Carolina State Board of Financial Institutions, which then appointed the FDIC as receiver.  The FDIC sold the failed bank to CertusBank, N.A., Easley, South Carolina.  CertusBank is a newly chartered bank subsidiary of Blue Ridge Holdings, Inc., Charlotte, […]

Enterprise Banking Company Fails And Depositors Facing Losses

January 21, 2011 – Enterprise Banking Company, McDonough, GA was closed today by the Georgia Department of Banking and Finance which named the FDIC as receiver.  The FDIC was unable to find a buyer for Enterprise Banking.  To protect insured depositors, the FDIC created the Deposit Insurance National Bank of McDonough (DINB) to take over […]

Legacy Bank of Scottsdale, Arizona Closed By Regulators And Purchased By Bank With Unpaid TARP Loans

January 7, 2011 – Legacy Bank of Scottsdale, Arizona, was closed today by the Arizona Department of Financial Institutions, which appointed the FDIC as receiver.  The FDIC, acting as receiver, sold failed Legacy Bank to Enterprise Bank & Trust, St. Louis, Missouri.  Enterprise will assume all deposits and purchase essentially all assets of failed Legacy […]

157 Bank Failures In 2010 Highest Since 1992 – Why Next Year Will Be Worse

December 31, 2010 – Banking failures for 2010 were at the highest level since 1992 as 157 financial institutions collapsed, the victims of collapsing real estate prices, a weak economy and poor lending decisions. The depth and breath of the current banking crisis makes the savings and loan crisis of the late 1980’s and early […]

FDIC Issues November Enforcement Actions On Problem Banks

December, 2010 – The FDIC recently released a list of orders of administrative enforcement actions taken against banks in November, including 28 consent orders (formerly called “cease and desist consent orders”),  28 civil money penalties  and 2 prompt corrective actions.  All categories of enforcement actions rose significantly from October when 16 consent orders, 18 civil […]

Six Problem Banks With $1.2 Billion In Assets Fail – Failed Banks For Year Total 157

The number of failed banks reached 157 as regulators closed six banks in Florida, Georgia, Arkansas and Minnesota. The six failed banks this week had a total of $1.2 billion in assets and resulted in a loss to the FDIC Deposit Insurance Fund of $267.6 million.  The total loss to the depleted FDIC Deposit Insurance […]

Chestatee State Bank, Dawsonville, GA, Shut Down By Regulators

December 17, 2010 – Chestatee State Bank, Dawsonville, Georgia, was closed today by the Georgia Department of Banking and Finance, which appointed the FDIC as receiver.  Chestatee, a four branch bank, was sold by the FDIC to Bank of the Ozarks, Little Rock, Arkansas, which previously acquired three other failed banks this year in FDIC […]

FDIC Issues October Enforcement Actions On Problem Banks

November, 2010 – The FDIC recently released a list of orders of administrative enforcement actions taken against banks in October, including 1 cease and desist order, 16 consent orders (formerly called “cease and desist consent orders”),  18 civil money penalties  and 1 Prompt Corrective Action. Formal enforcement actions are publicly disclosed by regulators and used […]