On Friday, the Georgia Department of Banking and Finance closed Bank of Ellijay, headquartered in Ellijay, Georgia, First Commerce Community Bank, headquartered in Douglasville, Georgia, and The Peoples Bank, headquartered in Winder, Georgia, and appointed the FDIC as receiver for each bank. The failed banks were not affiliated with one another.
On Friday, the Oregon Department of Consumer and Business Services closed Home Valley Bank, headquartered in Cave Junction, Oregon, and appointed the FDIC as receiver for the bank.
On Tuesday, the Bank of Spain released details regarding the status of the restructuring of the Spanish savings bank sector, in what it called “the biggest overhaul of the Spanish banking sector in recent history.” The Bank also provided details regarding funding for bank restructurings supplied by the Fund for the Orderly Restructuring of the Banking Sector (FROB),
On Friday, the Missouri Division of Finance closed Southwest Community Bank, headquartered in Springfield, Missouri .
Friday, the Illinois Department of Financial and Professional Regulation, Division of Banking closed Broadway Bank , headquartered in Chicago, Illinois, and New Century Bank, headquartered in Chicago, Illinois, and the FDIC was appointed receiver for both banks.
Today, the New York State Banking Department closed The Park Avenue Bank, headquartered in New York, New York, and the FDIC was named receiver. As receiver, the FDIC entered into a purchase and assumption agreement with Valley National Bank, headquartered in Wayne, New Jersey, to assume all of the deposits of The Park Avenue Bank.
On Friday, the Georgia Department of Banking and Finance closed Community Bank and Trust, headquartered in Cornelia, Georgia, and the FDIC was named receiver.
On Friday, the OTS closed Peoples First Community Bank, headquartered in Panama City, Florida, and the FDIC was named as receiver.
Yesterday, the Missouri Division of Finance closed Gateway Bank of St. Louis, headquartered in St. Louis, Missouri, and the FDIC was appointed as receiver.
Today, the Government Accountability Office (GAO) released a report entitled, “Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac: Analysis of Options for Revising the Housing Enterprises’ Long-term Structures.” Last September, the Federal Housing Finance Agency placed the GSEs into conservatorship fearing that their deterioration would harm U.S. financial stability.