Bank Failures Continue Every Weekend: Total #130
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By John Letzing,
SAN FRANCISCO (MarketWatch) — Cleveland-based AmTrust Bank, with 66 branches and roughly $8 billion in deposits, was closed by regulators Friday, as the ongoing credit crunch continued to claim victims.
Three smaller banks in Georgia, an Illinois-based bank and a Virginia bank were also shuttered, bringing the 2009 total to 130.
The three Georgia-based bank failures bring that state’s total this year to 24.
Flash back in time since April 2009… when only 23 banks had failed!
2 more banks fail, lifting this year’s tally to 23
Apr 10, 2009 … This year’s tally of 23 bank failures is nearing the total for all of … to 25 for this year and 50 since start of 2008 for the failed banks…
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