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Bank Failure #35: Strategic Capital Bank, Champaign , Illinois

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From the FDIC: Midland States Bank, Effingham, Illinois, Assumes All of the Deposits of Strategic Capital Bank, Champaign , Illinois

Strategic Capital Bank, Champaign, Illinois, was closed today by the Illinois Department of Financial and Professional Regulation, Division of Banking, which appointed the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) as receiver. To protect the depositors, the FDIC entered into a purchase and assumption agreement with Midland States Bank, Effingham, Illinois, to assume all of the deposits of Strategic Capital Bank.
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As of May 13, 2009, Strategic Capital Bank had total assets of $537 million and total deposits of approximately $471 million. ...

The FDIC estimates that the cost to the Deposit Insurance Fund (DIF) will be $173 million. Midland States Bank's acquisition of all the deposits was the "least costly" resolution for the FDIC's DIF compared to alternatives. Strategic Capital Bank is the 35th FDIC-insured institution to fail in the nation this year, and the fourth in Illinois. The last FDIC-insured institution to be closed in the state was Heritage Community Bank, Glenwood, on February 27, 2009.

Full post as published by Calculated Risk on May 22, 2009 (boomark / email).