With the European banking system tottering on the brink of collapse, nervous holders of cash have flooded the U.S. banking system with $1.2 trillion of deposits. Panicky holders of large amounts of cash are taking advantage of a provision of the Dodd-Frank Act that provides unlimited FDIC insurance coverage on noninterest-bearing transaction accounts. The Dodd-Frank […]
The First National Bank of Florida Acquired By CharterBank of Georgia
September 9, 2011 By Leave a Comment
September 9, 2011 – The First National Bank of Florida, Milton, Florida, became the nation’s 71st banking failure. The Bank was closed by the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency, which appointed the FDIC as receiver. Founded in 1984, The First National Bank of Florida was an 8 branch, independent community bank which served […]
CreekSide Bank of Georgia Closed By Regulators
September 3, 2011 By Leave a Comment
CreekSide Bank, Woodstock, Georgia, was closed today by state regulators who appointed the FDIC as receiver. The failed bank was sold by the FDIC to Georgia Commerce Bank which will assume all deposits of the failed bank. Creekside Bank was very similar to Patriot Bank, the second Georgia bank closed by regulators today. Both banks […]
Patriot Bank of Georgia Closed By Regulators
September 3, 2011 By Leave a Comment
Patriot Bank of Georgia, Cumming, GA, was closed by state regulators who appointed the FDIC as receiver. Patriot Bank had a very short life span, having been established only in July 2006 at the peak of the real estate mania. The failed bank was sold by the FDIC to Georgia Commerce Bank, Atlanta, GA, which […]
FDIC Reports Decline In Problem Banks But Banking Industry Remains In Intensive Care
August 23, 2011 By Leave a Comment
The latest FDIC Quarterly Banking Profile shows a negligible decline in problem banks but the banking industry remains in intensive care. The banking industry reported a $28.8 billion profit for the second quarter which was $7.9 billion higher than last year’s quarter ending June 30, 2010. The bulk of the profit improvement, however, came from […]
Ocean Bank Charged With Money Laundering – Feds Pass On Criminal Charges
August 23, 2011 By 1 Comment
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 […]
Regulators Close Four Banks In Four States Bringing Total Bank Failures To 68
August 19, 2011 By Leave a Comment
Regulators closed four banks in four different states this week. As has been typical for 2011, three of the failed banks were small or mid sized with total assets under $250. The largest bank failure of the week was Lydian Private Bank of Florida with $1.7 billion in assets, which became the fifth largest banking […]
First Choice Bank of Geneva, IL, Closed By Regulators
August 19, 2011 By Leave a Comment
First Choice Bank, Geneva, Illinois, was closed by State regulators who appointed the FDIC as receiver. The FDIC sold the failed bank to Inland Bank & Trust, Oak Brook, IL, which will assume all the deposits of the failed bank. First Choice Bank, a community bank with $141 million in assets was founded at the […]
First Southern National Bank of Georgia Becomes 67th Banking Failure
August 19, 2011 By 2 Comments
First Southern National Bank of Statesboro, Georgia, established in 2001 by a group of local businessmen, was closed today by the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency. The FDIC, appointed as receiver, sold the failed bank to Heritage Bank of the South, Albany, Georgia. First Southern had only one branch which will reopen on […]