FDIC

CNBC's Trish Regan talks about banks and the economy with FDIC Chair Sheila Bair.

The National Credit Union Administration (NCUA) has put Eastern Financial Florida Credit Union into conservatorship, an institution with $1.6 billion in assets. This looks to be the busiest day for regulators since the crisis began.  4…

There is another bust in Idaho, the fourth today, at a cost of nearly $200 million on assets of only $488.9 million.  Ouch.  This is the 29th FDIC seizure in 2009. The FDIC issued the following press release about First Bank of Idaho:…

This makes three today.  Here is the California Press Release.  Note the enormous relative cost as a percentage of assets to the FDIC, which I have bolded.  No bank is taking the deposits or assets here: The Federal Deposit Insurance…

I have highlighted the area that shows the estimated cost to taxpayers below. See the FDIC website for more details: American Southern Bank, Kennesaw, Georgia, was closed today by the Georgia Department of Banking and Finance, which…

We are a few weeks into earnings season and it should be abundantly clear that financial institutions are firing on all cylinders.  In fact, financials are leading the broader market for the first time since 1993.  Yet, loan losses have…

From the FDIC website. More information available here: Great Basin Bank of Nevada, Elko, Nevada, was closed today by the Nevada Financial Institutions Division, which appointed the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) as receiver.…

Small banks are going bust at a pretty good clip.  Apparently, there is no free ride for the likes of American Sterling Bank.  Its deposits were acquired by Metcalf Bank as the FDIC took it into receivership a.k.a nationalized it.  But, of…

This just in from the FDIC. Another Friday night special: Omni National Bank, Atlanta, Georgia, was closed today by the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency, which then appointed the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) as…

FDIC Chairman Sheila C. Bair said, "It has been clear for some time that troubled loans and securities have depressed market perceptions of banks and impeded new lending. Difficult market conditions have complicated efforts to sell these…