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.
On Friday, the OCC closed First National Bank of Georgia , headquartered in Carrollton, Georgia, and the FDIC was named receiver.
On Friday, the Georgia Department of Banking and Finance closed RockBridge Commercial Bank, headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia, and the FDIC was named as receiver.
Yesterday, Daniel K. Tarullo, a governor of the Federal Reserve System, continued his vigorous speaking schedule with a speech at the Institute of International Bankers Conference on Cross-Border Insolvency Issues in New York.
Yesterday, the OCC closed Southern Colorado National Bank, headquartered in Pueblo, Colorado, and the FDIC was named as receiver. As receiver, the FDIC entered into a purchase and assumption agreement with Legacy Bank, headquartered in Wiley, Colorado, to assume all of the deposits of Southern Colorado National Bank for a 1% premium.
Earlier today, First Coweta Bank, headquartered in Newnan, Georgia, was closed by the Georgia Department of Banking and Finance, and the FDIC was named as receiver.
Today, the Georgia Department of Banking and Finance closed The Community Bank, headquartered in Loganville, Georgia and the FDIC was appointed as receiver of The Community Bank.
Bankruptcy courts appear to be increasingly sending state law claims to the district court for final review, as illustrated by a recent decision from the bankruptcy court for the Southern District of Texas. In Gomez v. Lone Star National Bank (In re Saenz), Jose Gomez financed his acquisition of a restaurant from Humberto Saenz. When the restaurant failed, Gomez sued his lender and Saenz on various claims, but Saenz filed for bankruptcy protection. The lender then moved for summary judgment against Gomez’s claims for common-law fraud and negligence.