Reuters reports that FDIC regulators closed three banks in the United States on Friday, November 12, 2010. This brings the number of closures in 2010 to 146.
“The Federal Deposit Insurance Corp has said it expects bank closures to peak this year after 140 closures in 2009. The bulk of this year's closures have been smaller institutions, each with less than a billion dollars in assets.”
“FDIC Chairman Sheila Bair said recently that while the number of failures will exceed last year's tally, the total assets of this year's failures will likely be lower.”
The weak link in the American banking world appears to be community banks as “
their recovery has lagged behind that of larger institutions and the broader economy.” These banks are susceptible to the problems in the commercial real estate market because they have “
higher concentrations” in these loans than bigger banks.
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