FDIC Archive

• 0March 7, 2010

  US sees a 28% increase in bank failures through the end of February 2010

  Many recent reports about the US economy seem to suggest things are getting better. However, through the end of...
• 0January 30, 2010

  15 banks failed in January — estimated losses to be more than $4.2 billion

  Sadly, 2010 looks to be another banner year for bank failures. During the month of January, 15 banks failed in...
• 0January 1, 2010

  2009 the year of the bank failures. Visualization of US bank failures 2000-2009

  2009 will go down in the record books for many things – bank failures included. During the year 140 banks...
• 0October 31, 2009

  9 More banks fail on bank failure Friday. The 2009 total now stands at 115 failed banks.

  More banks fail on #failfriday. 2009 total now stands at 115 banks failing. People who looked at this item also looked...
• 106 Banks have failed so far in 2009. Visualize the impact.0October 24, 2009

  106 Banks have failed so far in 2009. Visualize the impact.

  Unfortunately, 2009 has been a banner year for bank closures. So far, 106 banks have failed costing the FDIC billions....
• Visualization of bank closures 2000-20091September 6, 2009

  Visualization of bank closures 2000-2009

  After many an error message, I’ve finally got a working chart representing bank failures in the United States, by state,...