New Bank Failures: Week of July 20

Two California Banks and one Georgia institution were among the four new bank failures on Friday.

All 81 failures since the beginning of 2008 are detailed on TheStreet.com's interactive bank failure map:

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The Georgia Department of Banking and Finance shut down First Piedmont Bank of Winder and appointed the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. receiver. The FDIC sold all the failed institution's deposits and branches to First American Bank and Trust Co. of Athens, Ga.

South Dakota regulators closed BankFirst of Sioux Falls. Alerus Financial NA of Grand Forks, N.D. purchased all of the failed bank's deposits and both of its offices. Alerus Financial then made a separate agreement for BankFirst's Sioux Falls office to be operated as a branch of First Dakota National Bank, of Yankton. BankFirst's other office in Minneapolis was to reopen as a branch of Alerus Financial NA.

The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency took over Vineyard Bank NA of Rancho Cucamonga, Calif., appointing the FDIC receiver. The FDIC then sold all of the failed bank's retail deposits and branches to California Bank & Trust of San Diego (a subsidiary of Zions Bancorp (ZION Quote).

California regulators shuttered Temecula Valley Bank of Temecula, Calif., which was held by Temecula Valley Bancorp (TMCV Quote). The FDIC then sold the failed bank's retail deposits to First-Citizens Bank and Trust of Raleigh, N.C. First-Citizens is a subsidiary of First Citizens Bancshares (FCNCA Quote).

All but one of the failed banks were included in TheStreet.com's recent list of 89undercapitalized banks and thrifts. Eighteen of the undercapitalized institutions listed on May 28 have failed so far.

In addition to Zions Bancorp, large bank holding companies that have acquired failed institutions during 2008 and 2009 include JPMorgan Chase (JPM Quote), which acquired Washington Mutual, the largest-ever bank or thrift to fail in the U.S.; SunTrust Banks (STI Quote); Regions Financial (RF Quote); Fifth Third Bancorp (FITB Quote), US Bancorp (USB Quote); and BB&T Corp.(BBT Quote).

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