Financial Controls: Bank Failure Friday: FDIC Seizes 4 Banks (Charts) *2011 YTD: Failures 11, Cost $1.19 billion*

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2010 bank failures were 157, 2009 bank failures were 140

Bank Failure Friday: FDIC Seizes 4 Banks

The FDIC closed 4 banks on Friday, January 28, 2011 to increase the 2011 total to 11. Annual charts of USA bank seizures, FDIC Deposit Insurance Fund Cost for Failed Banks, and the FDIC problem bank list are below. States where banks have been closed in 2011 are: Arizona 1, Colorado 2, Florida 1, Georgia 2, New Mexico 1, North Carolina 1, Oklahoma 1, South Carolina 1, Wisconsin 1.

Total assets of the 4 closed banks were $3,381,500,000 ($3.3815 billion), based on the September 30, 2010 call report (regulatory financial statements). All but FirsTier Bank were merged via purchase and assumption agreements into other banks. The FDIC took direct control of FirsTier Bank.

Overall, First Community Bank was by far the largest with $2.31B in total assets. FirsTier Bank was next largest, a large community bank, with $781.5M in total assets. The First State Bank ($43.5M) and Evergreen State Bank ($246.5M) were smaller community banks.

The estimated cost to the FDIC Deposit Insurance Fund for the 4 bank closures this week was $545.5 million. The 2011 YTD total cost is now $1.19 billion. (See chart below).

#8 The First State Bank, Camargo, OK
* Bank 7, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, to assume all of the deposits
* As of September 30, 2010, The First State Bank had approximately $43.5 million in total assets
* Bank 7 agreed to purchase essentially all of the assets.

* The FDIC estimates that the cost to the Deposit Insurance Fund (DIF) will be $20.1 million

#9 Evergreen State Bank, Stoughton, WI

* McFarland State Bank, McFarland, Wisconsin, to assume all of the deposits

* As of September 30, 2010, Evergreen State Bank had approximately $246.5 million in total assets

* McFarland State Bank agreed to purchase essentially all of the assets

* The FDIC estimates that the cost to the Deposit Insurance Fund (DIF) will be $22.8 million

#10 FirsTier Bank, Louisville, CO

* No other bank assumed the deposits

* FDIC created the Deposit Insurance National Bank of Louisville (DINB), which will remain open until February 28, 2011, to allow depositors access to their insured deposits and time to open accounts at other insured institutions.

* As of September 30, 2010, FirsTier Bank had $781.5 million in total assets

* The FDIC as receiver will retain all the assets from FirsTier Bank for later disposition

* The FDIC estimates that the cost to the Deposit Insurance Fund (DIF) will be $242.6 million

#11 First Community Bank, Taos, NM

* U.S. Bank, National Association, Minneapolis, Minnesota, to assume all of the deposits

* As of September 30, 2010, First Community Bank had approximately $2.31 billion in total assets

* U.S. Bank, National Association agreed to purchase essentially all of the assets.

* The FDIC estimates that the cost to the Deposit Insurance Fund (DIF) will be $260.0 million

The next FDIC bank closings, if any, will most likely be announced on Friday, February 4.

USA Failed Banks by Year

Bank failures and therefore FDIC seizure of banks, dramatically increased in 2009 and 2010 - a 2-year total of 297 compared to 0 in both 2005 and 2006. As noted below regarding total problem banks, bank failures in 2011 are expected to continue at a high rate and be 100+. The chart below is the actual data from 2005 through 2010. Bank failures for 2011 are estimated by extrapolating 2011 actual closures based on a 52-week year. Actual 2011 bank failures will be included on the chart later this year as the closures accumulate to a higher level.

Year, Total Bank Failures

2005: 0

2006: 0

2007: 3

2008: 25

2009: 140

2010: 157

2011: 11 actual, 143 estimated

FDIC Deposit Insurance Fund Cost of Failed Banks

Failed banks and the seizure by the FDIC cost money. The seized banks' deposits are usually assumed by another bank as are most of the assets. However, not all assets of the failed bank have value (usually the worst performing loans, non-performing loans, repossessions, and foreclosures). The FDIC may enter into a loss-share agreement with another bank to manage the questionable assets or take direct possession of the assets and attempt to dispose of them. Upon seizure of a bank, the FDIC estimates the loss to the Deposit Insurance Fund. The Deposit Insurance Fund is normally funded by the banking community through FDIC assessments to each FDIC insured bank based on insured deposits, plus special assessments. Below is a chart of the estimates by the FDIC of costs (losses) incurred upon seizure of banks in 2011. The chart is by week for 2011 and shows the accumulated losses as the year goes along.

FDIC Problem Banks by Year

The FDIC problem bank list continues to rise, actually skyrocket, although the total assets of these banks has leveled off. From the year-ends 2005 through 2009, the total problem banks were 52, 50, 76, 252, and 702, respectively. Now at 9/30/2010 the total is an astronomical 860. The total assets of the problem banks from the year-ends 2005 through 2009 were $7B, $8B, $22B, $159B, and $403B, respectively. The total assets of the current (9/30/2010) 860 problem banks is $379B, indicating most of these are small to medium community banks. Chart data, from YE 2005 through the QE September 30, 2010, is:

Date, Total Problem Banks

12/31/2005: 52

12/31/2006: 50

12/31/2007: 76

12/31/2008: 252

12/31/2009: 702

9/30/2010: 860