Entries tagged "Federal Deposit Insurance Corp."

Bank failures reach 120

The Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. shut down five banks on Friday, bringing the total number of bank failures this year to 120.

Bank failures hit 106

The Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. closed 7 banks Friday, bringing the total number of failed banks this year to 106.

Bank failures creep toward 100

The Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. closed two more banks over the weekend, bringing the total failures to 94 for the year.

Sheila Bair goes on the attack again

Wouldn't you want to be at Treasury Tuesday when Tim Geithner reads Sheila Bair's New York Times op-ed, which continues to wage war against the Treasury plan for a super-regulator?

Four more banks fail, bringing total to 81

Four more bank were shut down this weekend by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp., bringing the number of bank failures this year to 81.

Five more banks fail, bringing total to 77

Five more bank were shut down this weekend by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp., bringing the number of bank failures this year to 77.

Three more banks fail, bringing total to 72

Three more banks were shut down this weekend by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp., bringing the number of total bank failures to 72 for the year.

Off-balance-sheet rules cause 'heartburn'

FDIC Chairman Sheila Bair says the notion that off-balance-sheet rules must be implemented while the economy is still restoring following last fall's financial panic 'gives me some heartburn.'

FDIC to seize Guaranty Financial

Texas bank Guaranty Financial Group admits FDIC seizure is imminent in an 8-K filing.

Bank of Wyoming fails; bank failures hit 53

Bank of Wyoming was seized by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. on Friday, bringing the total number of failed banks in 2009 to 53.

Five more banks fail, bringing total to 45

This weekend five more banks were seized, bringing the total number of banks failures this year to 45.

Bair's defeat and Beltway politics

Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner has helped Citigroup CEO Vikram Pandit to fend off Sheila Bair's attempt to push him out of his job.

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