New Bank Failures: Week of Sept. 28

NEW YORK (TheStreet) -- The failure of Georgian Bank last week brought the total number of banks and savings and loans shut down by regulators this year to 95.

All 120 bank failures since the beginning of 2008 are detailed on TheStreet's interactive bank failure map:

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Georgia continues to lead all states with 24 bank or thrift failures during 2008 and 2009, followed by Illinois with 14 failures, California with 13, Florida with eight and Nevada with five failures.

Friday also marked the one-year anniversary of the failure of Washington Mutual, which was sold by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. to JPMorgan Chase (JPM Quote).

A year after the largest-ever U.S. bank or thrift failure, Washington Mutual's former holding company is trying to recover some of the assets acquired by JPMorgan.

Other large holding companies acquiring failed institutions during 2008 and 2009 include SunTrust Banks (STI Quote); Regions Financial (RF Quote); Fifth Third Bancorp (FITB Quote); US Bancorp (USB Quote); Zions Bancorp (ZION Quote); and PNC Financial (PNC Quote); and BB&T (BBT Quote).

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-- Reported by Philip van Doorn in Jupiter Fla.