FDIC Chairwoman Bair Too big to fail has become worse. Its become explicit when it was implicit before.
Treasury Sec. Geithner Most consequential choices involve shades of gray, and some fog is often useful in getting things done.
According to a Star Tribune story, Mainstreet Bank of Forest Lake, one of Minnesota’s largest and oldest community banks, has received a cease-and-desist order from the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp., alleging “hazardous lending and lax collection practices.”
Like many community banks, Mainstreet is getting stung by loans it made to developers and builders during the real [...]
National Bank of Commerce, Berkeley, Illinois, with approximately $430.9 million in total assets and $402.1 million in total deposits, was closed. In addition to assuming all of the failed bank’s deposits, Republic Bank of Chicago, Oak Brook, Illinois agreed to pay a discount of $44.9 million, and will purchase approximately $366.6 million of assets. The [...]
Bank of Clark County, Vancouver, Washington, with approximately $446.5 million in assets and approximately $366.5 million in deposits was closed. Umpqua Bank, Roseburg, Oregon has agreed to assume the non-brokered insured deposits. (PR-6-2009)
1st Centennial Bank, Redlands, California, with approximately $803.3 million in assets and approximately $676.9 million in deposits was closed. First California Bank, Westlake Village, California has agreed to assume the non-brokered insured deposits. (PR-7-2009)
MagnetBank, Salt Lake City, Utah, with approximately $292.2 million in assets and approximately $282.8 million in deposits was approved for payout by the FDIC Board of Directors. (PR-12-2009)
Suburban Federal Savings Bank, Crofton, Maryland, with approximately $360.0 million in assets was closed. Bank of Essex, Tappahannock, Virginia has agreed to assume all deposits (approximately $302.0 million). (PR-13-2009)
Ocala National Bank, Ocala, Florida, with approximately $223.5 million in assets and approximately $205.2 million in deposits, was closed. CenterState Bank of Florida, Winter Haven, Florida has agreed to assume all non-brokered deposits. (PR-14-2009)
The following information relates to information on TARP and related reporting requirements.
In addition, a number of institutions have requested the ability to ask each other anonymous questions about their interpretation of the reporting requirements. For example, what definitions or criteria are being used to determine what new, renewed, and modified loans should be included in [...]
