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Bank Failure #28: Park Avenue Bank, New York, New York

By Anonymous

Start Spread'n the news
Park Avenue's failed today
Old Blue Eyes would weep...
by Soylent Green is People
From the FDIC: Valley National Bank, Wayne, New Jersey, Assumes All of the Deposits of the Park Avenue Bank, New York, New York

The Park Avenue Bank, New York, New York, was closed today by the New York State Banking Department, which appointed the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) as receiver. ..

As of December 31, 2009, The Park Avenue Bank had approximately $520.1 million in total assets and $494.5 million in total deposits. ...

The FDIC estimates that the cost to the Deposit Insurance Fund (DIF) will be $50.7 million. .... The Park Avenue Bank is the 28th FDIC-insured institution to fail in the nation this year, and the second in New York. The last FDIC-insured institution closed in the state was LibertyPointe Bank, New, York, New York, on March 11, 2010.

OK, now it is Friday.

Full post as published by Calculated Risk on March 12, 2010 (boomark / email).