Five More FDIC Bank Closings
On Friday evening, the FDIC reported that it has taken over an additional five banks (Columbia River Bank, Evergreen Bank, Charter Bank, Bank of Leeton, Premier American Bank) for a cost to the FDIC of about $530 million. This brings the total number of failed banks since the beggning of 2008 to 175. Total deposits of all failed banks now equal $4.6 billion for 2010 and $375 billion since the beginning of 2008, all at an estimated cost to the FDIC of about $60 billion. Visit Stimulus.org for more details and a full list of FDIC bank closings.
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| Total Deposits | Cost to the FDIC | |
| Columbia River Bank | $1,000,000,000 | $172,500,0000 |
| Evergreen Bank | $439,400,000 | $64,200,000 |
| Charter Bank | $851,500,000 | $201,900,000 |
| Bank of Leeton | $20,400,000 | $8,100,000 |
| Premier American Bank | $326,300,000 | $85,000,000 |
| Total | $2,637,600,000 | $531,700,000 |