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, […]
Integra Bank of Indiana Collapses As Regulators Seize Bank
July 29, 2011 By Leave a Comment
Integra Bank, N.A., Evansville, Indiana, became the nation’s second largest banking failure of 2011 as regulators closed the insolvent bank. The FDIC, appointed as receiver, protected depositors by entering into a purchase and assumption agreement with Old National Bank, Evansville, Indiana, which will assume all deposits of the failed bank. All 52 branches of Integra […]
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 […]
Bank of Choice, Greeley, CO, Closed By Regulators
July 22, 2011 By Leave a Comment
Bank of Choice, Greeley, Colorado, was closed today by state regulators. The FDIC, appointed as receiver, sold the failed bank to Bank Midwest, N.A., Kansas City, MO. Bank of Choice had 17 branches with $1.07 billion in assets and $924.9 million in deposits. Depositors of the failed bank will automatically become depositors of Bank Midwest […]
LandMark Bank of Florida Closed By Regulators
July 22, 2011 By Leave a Comment
LandMark Bank of Sarasota, Florida, became the nation’s 57th banking failure as Florida regulators closed the troubled bank. The FDIC, acting as receiver, sold the failed bank to American Momentum Bank of Tampa, Florida. LandMark Bank, founded in 2000, was one of the largest independent community banks in Sarasota County with six branches and $275 […]
Four Banks Fail In Georgia, Florida and Arizona
July 15, 2011 By Leave a Comment
July 15 – Regulators closed four banks today in Georgia, Florida and Arizona, bringing the total number of bank failures this year to 55. The total assets of the four failed banks amounted to $679 million and the cost to the FDIC Deposit Insurance Fund was estimated at $129.1 million. The four failed banks this […]
Summit Bank of Arizona Closed By Regulators
July 15, 2011 By Leave a Comment
Summit Bank of Prescott, Arizona, was closed by the Arizona Department of Financial Institutions. The FDIC, acting as receiver, sold the failed bank to The Foothills Bank, Yuma, AZ. Summit Bank was a small one branch bank. The sole branch of Summit Bank will reopen on Monday as a branch of The Foothills Bank. Depositors […]
High Trust Bank of Georgia Fails, Sold To Ameris Bank
July 15, 2011 By Leave a Comment
High Trust Bank, Stockbridge, Georgia, was closed today by the Georgia Department of Banking and Finance. The FDIC, acting as receiver, sold the $192 million asset failed bank to Ameris Bank of Moultrie, Georgia. High Trust Bank has consistently been ranked as one of the most unsafe banks in Georgia by various bank rating agencies. […]