Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget

Four More FDIC Bank Closings

Mar 8, 2010 | Economics

On Friday evening, the FDIC reported that it has taken over an additional four banks (Centennial Bank, Waterfield Bank, Bank of Illinois, Sun American Bank) for a cost to the FDIC of about $305 million. This brings the total number of failed banks since the beginning of 2008 to 192. Total deposits of all failed banks now equal $13.6 billion for 2010 and $384 billion since the beginning of 2008, all at an estimated cost to the FDIC of $63 billion. Visit Stimulus.org for more details and a full list of FDIC bank closings.

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 Total DepositsCost to the FDIC
Centennial Bank$205,100,000$96,300,000
Waterfield Bank$156,400,000$51,000,000
Bank of Illinois$198,500,000$53,700,000
Sun American Bank$443,500,000$103,800,000
Total$1,003,500,000$304,800,000