Syringa Bank, Idaho, Becomes Third Banking Failure of 2014

Idaho state banking regulators closed Syringa Bank, Boise, Idaho, and appointed the FDIC as receiver for the failed bank.  The FDIC sold Syringa Bank to Sunwest Bank, Irvine, CA, which will assume all deposits of the failed bank. Syringa Bank, founded in 1997, had total assets of $153.4 million and total deposits of $145.1 million […]

The Bank of Union, El Reno, OK, Becomes Second Bank Failure of 2014

The second bank failure of 2014 occurred today when regulators closed down The Bank of Union, El Reno, OK.   Founded in 1900, The Bank of Union had survived financial panics, depressions and two world wars but found itself unable to cope with a massive amount of defaulted loans. As of September 30, 2013, The Bank […]

DuPage National Bank of Illinois First Bank Failure of 2014

DuPage National Bank, West Chicago, IL, was closed by the Office of the Comptroller on Friday, becoming the first bank to fail in 2014.   Acting as receiver and to protect depositors, the FDIC sold the failed bank to Republic Bank of Chicago, Oak Brook, IL. Although DuPage National was a small bank with only $61.7 […]

Bank of Jackson County, Florida, Closed By Regulators

After a month and a half with no banking failures, regulators closed the small Bank of Jackson County, Graceville, FL.  After being shut down by the Florida Office of Financial Regulation, the FDIC was named as receiver. After selling the failed bank to First Federal Bank of Florida, Lake City, FL, all deposit accounts of […]

First National Bank, Edinburg, Texas, Closed By Regulators – Largest Bank Failure In Over Three Years

The biggest banking failure of 2013 occurred today in Texas as regulators closed the First National Bank, Edinburg, Texas,   The failed bank becomes the 22nd banking failure of the year and the first in Texas. First National Bank, with $3.1 billion in total assets, is the largest bank failure since May 14, 2010 when Midwest […]

Uninsured Depositors Face Losses on The Failure of The Community’s Bank, Bridgeport, CT

For the first time in over a decade a Connecticut bank failed as regulators swooped in to close The Community’s Bank, with headquarters in Bridgeport, CT. The Community’s Bank was a very small bank with only $26.3 million in assets that was floundering under an avalanche of nonperforming loans.  Established in 2001 the Bank was […]

Number of Problem Banks Decline By 10% In Second Quarter

The latest Quarterly Banking Profile issued by the FDIC today shows almost a 10% decline in the number of banks on the confidential FDIC Problem Bank List. The number of problem banks finally declined to under 600 for the first time since the first quarter of 2009.  The number of problem banks declined by 59 […]

Sunrise Bank of Arizona Closed By Regulators, Fifth Bank Collapse For Capitol Bancorp in Three Months

State regulators closed down the Sunrise Bank of Arizona, Phoenix, Arizona, and appointed the FDIC as receiver.  To protect depositors, the FDIC sold the failed bank to First Fidelity Bank, N.A., Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, which will assume all deposits of Sunrise Bank. The failure of Sunrise Bank of Arizona is noteworthy since it is the […]

Community South Bank, TN, Becomes Second Largest Bank Failure of 2013

The second largest bank failure of the year occurred today as regulators closed down Community South Bank, Parsons, Tennessee, which had total assets of $386.9 million as of June 30, 2013.  The largest bank closing of the year in terms of total assets occurred on June 7, 2013 when regulators shuttered Mountain National Bank, also […]

Bank of Wausau, WI, Closed by Regulators – 18th Bank Failure of 2013

Bank of Wausau, a small community bank serving central Wisconsin, was shut down by state financial regulators who appointed the FDIC as receiver.  To protect depositors, the FDIC sold the failed bank to Nicolet National Bank, Green Bay, Wisconsin, which will assume all deposits. All depositors of Bank of Wausau will automatically become depositors of […]