On Friday, the California Department of Financial Institutions closed Sonoma Valley Bank, headquartered in Sonoma, California, and appointed the FDIC as receiver.
Yesterday, Delaware Bankruptcy Judge Mary Walrath granted a request by Washington Mutual (WaMu) shareholders to appoint an independent examiner, to be chosen by the U.S. trustee, to review assets and claims in the company’s bankruptcy case related primarily to the 2008 seizure and sale of WaMu by the FDIC to JPMorgan Chase for $1.9 million.
Yesterday, the Department of Insurance, Financial Institutions & Professional Regulation of the Missouri Division of Finance closed Champion Bank, headquartered in Creve Coeur, Missouri, and appointed the FDIC receiver.
On Friday, the Oregon Division of Finance and Corporate Securities closed Columbia River Bank, headquartered in Dalles, Oregon, and the FDIC was named receiver.
CIT Group Inc.
Yesterday, Bank of Elmwood, headquartered in Racine, Wisconsin, was closed by the Wisconsin Department of Financial Institutions, and the FDIC was named as receiver.