Three more banks failed on Friday, bringing the year’s total to 133. The FDIC estimates Friday’s failures will cost its insurance … more…
After a brief holiday respite, bank failure Friday came back with a vengeance yesterday. The FDIC and its fellow regulators closed … more…
The FDIC released its quarterly survey of the banking industry today. On Page 3 of the survey, lodged in the middle of a paragraph … more…
Despite a problem bank list brimming with about 400 institutions, the FDIC shuttered only one bank on Friday. The agency does not … more…
Regulators seized three banks yesterday, bringing the toll of failed banks for the year to 123. As always, we’ve updated our list … more…
San Francisco-based United Commercial Bank has become the first recipient of TARP bailout money to be shut down by the FDIC. Last … more…
On the one hand, yesterday was just another Friday. Nine more banks failed, bringing the year’s toll to 115. As always, our big … more…
The Office of Thrift Supervision was the first regulator to break the news of the 100th bank failure for the year. Yesterday, … more…
The FDIC shuttered California’s San Joaquin Bank on Friday, putting the total number of bank failures for the year at 99. (See … more…
Three bank failures on Friday brought the total number of FDIC-insured institutions that have failed this year to 98. The … more…
Putting a dollar amount on the financial rescue isn’t an easy task, as we’ve noted before. Those looking for an answer can find … more…
On Friday, the FDIC announced the failure of Atlanta’s Georgian Bank. It’s the 95th failure for the year and the 19th in Georgia. … more…
The FDIC assumed control of two more banks on Friday bringing the total number of bank failures for the year to 94. The banks were … more…
Speculation that Chicago-based Corus Bank would fail dates to at least last February. Yesterday the FDIC and the bank’s primary … more…
Sept. 8: This post has been corrected.
Five banks failed Friday, bringing this year’s total to 89.
Here is our complete list of … more…
Three banks failed Friday, bringing this year’s total to 84.
You can see our complete list of those failed banks here.
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Four banks failed Friday, bringing the total for the year to 81. The largest by far was Guaranty Bank. With assets of $13 billion, … more…
The Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. shuttered five banks on Friday, bringing the total number of failures for the year to 77. The … more…
Three more banks failed Friday, bringing the total for the year to 72. Two of the casualties were in Florida, and the third was in … more…
Five banks failed on Friday, pushing the total number of failures for the year to 69. Together the five failures cost the FDIC … more…
January 21, 2010
FDIC Chief Got Loans From BoA While Working On Its Rescue Keith Epstein and David Heath, HuffPo Inv. Fund, January 21, 2010
December 16, 2009
WaMu Court Filing: JPMorgan Used Inside Info Kristen Grind, Puget Sound Business Journal, December 16, 2009
December 14, 2009
The Fight for WaMu Documents Kristen Grind, Puget Sounds Business Journal, December 14, 2009
December 09, 2009
Insider Lending Tied to Bank Failures Peter Waldman, David Mildenberg and Laurence Viele Davidson, Bloomberg, December 09, 2009
December 04, 2009
Fudging Losses Is Easy When the FDIC Does It, Too Jonathan Weil, Bloomberg, December 04, 2009
November 17, 2009
America’s Newest Land Baron: FDIC Michael M. Phillips, Wall Steet Journal ($), November 17, 2009