On Friday, the Illinois Department of Financial Professional Regulation – Division of Banking closed Bank of Illinois, headquartered in Normal, Illinois, and the FDIC was named receiver.
Today, Washington Mutual, Inc. (WMI) announced a Global Settlement Agreement with J.P. Morgan Chase and the FDIC. Under the agreement, J.P. Morgan Chase will give WMI over $4 billion in WMI deposits in its former failed bank subsidiaries in exchange for over $6 billion in other assets. Also, the three parties will split two potential tax refunds worth a total of $5.6 billion.
Today, the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) announced the close of a Rule 144A sale of $1.8 billion principal amount of notes backed by 103 non-agency residential mortgage backed securities (RMBS) from seven failed bank receiverships.
On Friday, the Minnesota Department of Commerce closed State Bank of Aurora, headquartered in Aurora, Minnesota, and the FDIC was named receiver. As receiver, the FDICentered into a purchase and assumption agreement with Northern State Bank, headquartered in Ashland, Wisconsin, to assume all of the deposits of State Bank of Aurora.