Two Banks Fail; 2011 Tally at 92
Updated with additional information from a subsequent announcement from the FDIC, regarding brokered deposits at Western National Bank.
WASHINGTON (
) -- Two banks failed Friday evening, bringing this year's total number of bank failures to 92.
Both failed banks were previously included in
TheStreet's
third-quarter
of
institutions, based on regulatory data provided by
SNL Financial
.
Premier Community Bank of the Emerald Coast
The Florida Office of Financial Regulation took over
Premier Community Bank of the Emerald Coast
, which had $126.0 million in total assets when it failed, and was actually negatively capitalized as of Sept. 30, with a Tier 1 leverage ratio of -0.90%, after losing $4.3 million during the first three quarters of 2011, mainly from construction loan losses.
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The Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. was appointed receiver, and sold the failed institution to
Summit Bank, NA
of Panama City, Fla. The FDIC agreed to cover 80% of $98.0 million of the failed bank's assets that were acquired by Summit Bank, and estimated the cost of Premier Community Bank of the Emerald Coast's failure to the deposit insurance fund would be $31.2 million.
The failed banks two offices were set to reopen as branches of Premier Community Bank, a division of Summit Bank, NA.
Western National Bank
The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency shut down
Western National Bank
of Phoenix, which had $162.9 million in total assets. The FDIC was appointed receiver, and sold the failed bank to
Washington Federal
, of Seattle.
The FDIC announced later that Washington Federal had assumed all of the failed institution's deposits, "excluding certain brokered deposits." Customers with brokered deposits in a bank that fails, are generally advised to contact their brokers, who are usually directly paid by the FDIC.
The failed bank's three branches were scheduled to reopen Monday, as Washington Federal branches.
The FDIC estimated the cost of Western National Bank's failure to the deposit insurance fund would be $37.6 million.
The acquiring institution is the main subsidiary of
Washington Federal, Inc.
(WFSL)
.
Thorough Bank Failure Coverage
leads all states with 23 bank failures this year, followed by
, with 13 failures, and
, with nine bank closures.
All previous bank and thrift closures since the beginning of 2008 are detailed in
TheStreet's
interactive bank failure map:
The bank failure map is color-coded, with the states having the greatest number of failures highlighted in dark gray, and states with no failures in light green. By moving your mouse over a state you can see its combined 2008-2011 totals. Then click the state to open a detailed map pinpointing the locations and providing additional information for each bank failure.
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Philip W. van Doorn is a member of TheStreet's banking and finance team, commenting on industry and regulatory trends. He previously served as the senior analyst for TheStreet.com Ratings, responsible for assigning financial strength ratings to banks and savings and loan institutions. Mr. van Doorn previously served as a loan operations officer at Riverside National Bank in Fort Pierce, Fla., and as a credit analyst at the Federal Home Loan Bank of New York, where he monitored banks in New York, New Jersey and Puerto Rico. Mr. van Doorn has additional experience in the mutual fund and computer software industries. He holds a bachelor of science in business administration from Long Island University.
