Central Florida State Bank, FL, Becomes First Banking Failure Of 2012

The first banking failure of 2012 occurred in Florida as regulators closed Central Florida State Bank, Belleview, Florida.   During 2011, Florida had 13 banking failures, second only to Georgia which witnessed the closing of 23 banks.  Combined, Florida and Georgia accounted for 39% of the 92 bank failures that occurred during 2011. State regulators […]