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: Calculated Risk

Bank Failures #19 and #20: Illinois and California

By Anonymous

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Not the Delaware
Washington Bank crossed over
But the Rubicon

The La Jolla Bank
A name sounding so happy
New mood: not jolly
by Soylent Green is People

From the FDIC: FirstMerit Bank, National Association, Akron, Ohio, Assumes All of the Deposits of George Washington Savings Bank, Orland Park, Illinois

George Washington Savings Bank, Orland Park, Illinois, was closed today by the Illinois Department of Financial Professional Regulation ? Division of Banking, which appointed the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) as receiver. ...
As of December 31, 2009, George Washington Savings Bank had approximately $412.8 million in total assets and $397.0 million in total deposits. ...
The FDIC estimates that the cost to the Deposit Insurance Fund (DIF) will be $141.4 million. ... George Washington Savings Bank is the 19th FDIC-insured institution to fail in the nation this year, and the second in Illinois. The last FDIC-insured institution closed in the state was Town Community Bank and Trust, Antioch, on January 15, 2010.

From the FDIC: OneWest Bank, FSB, Pasadena, California, Assumes All of the Deposits of La Jolla Bank, FSB, La Jolla, California

La Jolla Bank, FSB, La Jolla, California, was closed today by the Office of Thrift Supervision, which appointed the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) as receiver. ...
As of December 31, 2009, La Jolla Bank, FSB had approximately $3.6 billion in total assets and $2.8 billion in total deposits. ...
The FDIC estimates that the cost to the Deposit Insurance Fund (DIF) will be $882.3 million. ... La Jolla Bank, FSB is the 20th FDIC-insured institution to fail in the nation this year, and the second in California. The last FDIC-insured institution closed in the state was First Regional Bank, Los Angeles, on January 29, 2010.

La Jolla Bank is a pretty good size failure. That makes four today ... hey, OneWest ... get out your tinfoil hats!

Full post as published by Calculated Risk on February 19, 2010 (boomark / email).