Fdic Banks

Problem Bank List Hits 15-Year High

AP | MARCY GORDON | Posted 09.27.2009 | Business


WASHINGTON — The agency that guarantees bank deposits said Thursday there are no immediate plans to borrow money from the government to bolster ...

Banking on Failure: FDIC Shutting Down Insolvent Banks at a Record Pace

Sheldon Filger | Posted 09.18.2009 | Business


Sheldon Filger

It is preposterous to conclude that the U.S. banking sector is well capitalized and strong enough to endure a severe economic recession.

FDIC Bair: Banks Lost $32.1 Billion In Fourth Quarter

AP | MARCY GORDON | Posted 04.20.2009 | Business


WASHINGTON — Federal regulators now say the nation's banks lost $32.1 billion in the final quarter of last year, even worse than the $26.2 billi...

60 Minutes: Bank Failures And The FDIC

Huffington Post | Posted 04.09.2009 | Business


Television news magazine 60 Minutes went behind-the-scenes to show viewers what happens when a bank fails. 60 Minutes correspondent Scott Pelley fol...

FDIC's Bair: Insolvency A Possibility

Bloomberg | Alison Vekshin | Posted 04.04.2009 | Business


March 4 (Bloomberg) -- Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. Chairman Sheila Bair said the deposit insurance fund could dry up amid a surge in bank failures...

FDIC Tries To Break Lending Logjam With $1.4 Trillion Guarantee

AP | MARCY GORDON | Posted 12.22.2008 | Business


WASHINGTON — The FDIC will guarantee up to $1.4 trillion in U.S. banks' debt for more than three years as part of the government's financial res...

FDIC May Need $150 Billion As More Banks Fail

Bloomberg | David Evans | Posted 10.26.2008 | Business


Deborah Horn tugs on the handle of the glass-paned entrance of the IndyMac Bancorp Inc. branch in Manhattan Beach, California. The door won't budge. T...