Banks- Easy Profits

Today the quest for yield, any kind of "safe" yield, goes on and on. The Fed has taken short rates down to zero. This allows the banks to borrow at extremely low rates and then to buy Treasury bonds at yields near to 4% . This allows the banks to accumulate fat, almost risk free, income. Thus the Fed has taken care of its own. The big banks are flush with cash again. And all the while Americans are gasping for income like fish out of water. Leading bankers are making more money than ever, while the poor slob on the street is lying awake at night wondering how he's going to make the overdue payment on his home. Of course, his home is "underwater," since his home is worth less than his mortgage.

FDIC Bank Closures June '09

JUNE 09 Bank Closures

Mirae Bank, Los Angeles, California, with approximately $456 million in assets, was closed. Wilshire State Bank, Los Angeles, California, has agreed to assume all deposits (approximately $362 million). (PR-105-2009)

MetroPacific Bank, Irvine, California, with approximately $80 million in assets, was closed. Sunwest Bank, Tustin, California, has agreed to assume all non-brokered deposits (approximately $73 million). (PR-104-2009)

Horizon Bank, Pine City, Minnesota, with approximately $87.6 million in assets, was closed. Stearns Bank N.A., St. Cloud, Minnesota, has agreed to assume all deposits, excluding certain brokered deposits (approximately $69.4 million). (PR-103-2009)

Neighbor Community Bank, Newnan, Georgia, with approximately $221.6 million in assets, was closed. CharterBank, West Point, Georgia, has agreed to assume all deposits (approximately $191.3 million). (PR-102-2009)

Community Bank of West Georgia, Villa Rica, Georgia, with approximately $199.4 million in assets and approximately $182.5 million in deposits was approved for payout by the FDIC Board of Directors. (PR-101-2009)

First National Bank of Anthony, Anthony, Kansas, with approximately $156.9 million in assets, was closed. Bank of Kansas, South Hutchinson, Kansas, has agreed to assume all deposits (approximately $142.5 million). (PR-96-2009)

Cooperative Bank, Wilmington, North Carolina, with approximately $970 million in assets, was closed. First Bank, Troy, North Carolina, has agreed to assume all deposits, excluding certain brokered deposits (approximately $774 million). (PR-95-2009)

Southern Community Bank, Fayetteville, Georgia, with approximately $377 million in assets, was closed. United Community Bank, Blairsville, Georgia, has agreed to assume all deposits (approximately $307 million). (PR-94-2009)

Bank of Lincolnwood, Lincolnwood, Illinois, with approximately $214 million in assets, was closed. Republic Bank of Chicago, Oak Brook, Illinois, has agreed to assume all deposits (approximately $202 million).
(PR-86-2009)

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