In an unusual weekday action, state regulators closed Central Arizona Bank, Scottsdale, AZ, and appointed the FDIC as receiver. To protect depositors, the FDIC sold the failed bank to Western State Bank, Devils Lake, North Dakota, which will assume all deposits of Central Arizona Bank. With only $31.6 million in assets, the failure of Central […]
Central Arizona Bank Fails – Third Bank Failure In A Week For Capitol Bancorp, Ltd
May 14, 2013 By Leave a Comment
Sunrise Bank, GA, Closed As Regulators Zero In On Capitol Bancorp
May 10, 2013 By Leave a Comment
Regulators closed the second bank of the day controlled by Capitol Bancorp, the troubled holding company that holds 11 different banks in nine different states. Sunrise Bank, Valdosta, GA, was closed by state regulators while earlier in the day, regulators closed Pisgah Community Bank, N.C., also owned by Capitol Bancorp. The FDIC, acting as receiver, […]
Will the Failure of Pisgah Community Bank Trigger the Collapse of 10 Related Banks?
May 10, 2013 By Leave a Comment
Bank failures don’t come much smaller than today’s closing of Pisgah Community Bank, Asheville, N.C. Total assets at Pisgah amounted to only $21.9 million, smaller than what many of the top executives take home in a year at the “too big to fail” banks. Pisgah Community Bank was established on May 15, 2008 on the […]
Douglas County Bank, GA, Biggest Bank Failure of 2013
April 26, 2013 By Leave a Comment
Douglas County Bank, Douglasville, GA, was closed today by the Georgia Banking Department. The FDIC, acting as receiver, sold Douglas County Bank to Hamilton State Bank, Hoschton, Georgia, which will assume all deposits of the failed bank. Regulators have been closing a series of small sized banks this year that were unable to recover financially […]
Parkway Bank, NC, Closed By Regulators
April 26, 2013 By Leave a Comment
Parkway Bank, a North Carolina chartered bank headquartered in Lenoir, NC, was closed today by state regulators. Acting as receiver, the FDIC entered into a purchase and assumption agreement with CertusBank, N.A., Easley, South Carolina, which will assume all deposits of Parkway Bank. Founded in 2001, Parkway Bank has been a problem bank for regulators […]
Chipola Community Bank, FL, Closed By Regulators
April 20, 2013 By Leave a Comment
After going without a banking failure since November 2012, regulators closed two Florida banks on Friday. Shortly after closing the Heritage Bank of North Florida, regulators closed Chipola Community Bank of Marianna, Florida. During 2012 a total of eight banks failed in Florida, accounting for 16% of the 51 bank failures nationwide. Chipola Community Bank […]
First Federal Bank, Lexington, KY, Closed By Feds
April 19, 2013 By Leave a Comment
After 78 years of serving the local community, First Federal Bank, Lexington, KY, was closed today by the Office of the Comptroller. The FDIC, named as receiver for the failed bank, sold First Federal to Your Community Bank, New Albany, Indiana, which will assume all deposits of the failed bank. According to First Federal Bank’s […]
Gold Canyon Bank, Arizona, Closed By Regulators
April 5, 2013 By Leave a Comment
The smallest bank failure of the year occurred today as regulators shuttered the Gold Canyon Bank, Gold Canyon, Arizona. After closing Gold Canyon Bank, state regulators appointed the FDIC as receiver which entered into a purchase and assumption agreement with First Scottsdale Bank, N.A., Scottsdale, AZ All deposits of failed Gold Canyon will be assumed […]
Frontier Bank, LaGrange, GA, Closed By Regulators, Largest Bank Failure of 2013
March 8, 2013 By Leave a Comment
Frontier Bank, La Grange, Georgia, was closed today by the Georgia Department of Banking and Finance, which appointed the FDIC as receiver. The FDIC sold the failed bank to HeritageBank of the South, Albany, Georgia. HeritageBank will assume all deposits of Frontier. Frontier Bank was established in 1946 and originally named Valley National Bank of […]
Number of Banks on FDIC Problem Bank List Remains Historically High
March 1, 2013 By 1 Comment
The number of banks on the FDIC Problem Bank List declined for the seventh consecutive quarter. According to the latest FDIC Quarterly Banking Profile, the number of problem banks as of December 31, 2012, declined to 651 from 694 in the previous quarter. Despite significant recovery in the banking industry, the number of problem banks […]