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 […]
First National Bank of Olathe, Kansas, Closed By Regulators
August 12, 2011 By Leave a Comment
The First National Bank of Olathe, established in 1887, was closed today by the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency. The FDIC, appointed as receiver, sold the failed bank to Enterprise Bank & Trust, Clayton, Missouri. Enterprise Bank & Trust will assume all deposits of failed First National Bank of Olathe. All six branches […]
Feds Close Two Banks In Washington and Illinois – Depositor’s Concerns Grow
August 5, 2011 By Leave a Comment
Regulators closed two banks today, bringing the total number of banking failures for the year to 63. The FDIC classifies 888 banks as “Problem Banks”, a number which has risen nonstop since 2006. The number of troubled banks comprise almost 12% of all federally insured institutions. With many analysts forecasting another recession, a further increase […]
Bank of Whitman, Colfax, WA, Closed By Regulators
August 5, 2011 By 1 Comment
Bank of Whitman, Colfax, Washington, was closed today by state banking regulators who appointed the FDIC as receiver. The failed bank was sold to Columbia State Bank which will assume all deposits of Bank of Whitman. Bank of Whitman, established in 1977, was an employee owned community bank with 20 branches and $548.6 million in […]
Bank of Shorewood, IL, Closed By Regulators
August 5, 2011 By 1 Comment
Bank of Shorewood, Illinois, which survived the high inflation of the 1980’s and the savings and loan disaster of the 1990’s, collapsed today under the weight of bad loans. The Bank was closed by state regulators who appointed the FDIC as receiver. The FDIC sold Bank of Shorewood to Heartland Bank and Trust of Bloomington, […]
BankMeridian, Columbia, SC, Closed By Regulators
July 29, 2011 By Leave a Comment
BankMeridian, N.A., Columbia, South Carolina, was closed today by state regulators who appointed the FDIC as receiver. The FDIC sold the failed bank to SCBT, Orangeburg, South Carolina, which will assume all deposits of the failed bank. BankMeridian which had a total of 3 branches, opened for business in May 2006. The Bank raised $31.5 […]
Virginia Business Bank, Richmond, VA, Closed By Regulators
July 29, 2011 By Leave a Comment
Virginia Business Bank, Richmond, VA, was closed today by state regulators. The FDIC, appointed as receiver, sold the failed bank to Xenith Bank, Richmond, Virginia. Xenith Bank will assume all deposits of the failed bank. Virginia Business Bank, established in 2006 by local area bank executives, focused on lending to small and mid-sized businesses in […]
3 Failed Banks In Colorado and Illinois Cost FDIC $632 Million
July 8, 2011 By Leave a Comment
After taking off a week from bank closings due to the fourth of July holiday weekend, regulators came back to work, closing two banks in Colorado and one in Illinois. The largest banking failure of the week was the failure of First Chicago Bank & Trust with almost $1 billion in assets. The FDIC loss […]
FDIC Issues 57 Enforcement Actions Against Problem Banks In May
June 25, 2011 By 1 Comment
The FDIC issued 57 enforcement actions in May against various banks and individuals, down from 76 in April. Among the enforcement actions issued were 10 consent orders, 11 civil money penalties, 1 prompt corrective action and 13 orders terminating consent orders. As explained in previous posts, various enforcement actions are taken depending on the severity […]
Heritage Bank of Washington Becomes 44th Banking Failure
May 27, 2011 By Leave a Comment
First Heritage Bank of Snohomish, Washington, became the nation’s 44 banking failure of 2011. The Bank was closed by the Washington State Department of Financial Institutions which appointed the FDIC as receiver. The FDIC sold failed Heritage to Columbia State Bank of Tacoma, Washington, which will assume all deposits and purchase most of the assets […]