Tag Archives: bank failures

Henry County bank fails, 75th in state to be closed

The last remaining bank based in Henry County was shut down by regulators Friday . . .

Tags: bank failures , First State Bank , Henry County

House passes resolution calling for bank failure study

Congress gives final approval to a resolution sponsored by Rep. Lynn Westmoreland and Sen. Saxby Chambliss that calls for a study of the nation’s massive wave of bank failures . . .

Tags: bank failures , congressional study , FDIC , Lynn Westmoreland , Saxby Chambliss

Rockmart bank is the 74th in Georgia to be closed

Community Bank in Rockmart is shut down by federal and state regulators as Georgia’s wave of bank failures rolls on . . .

Tags: bank failures , Community Bank , FDIC , House ethics rules , Phil Gingrey

Three more banks fail; state total now 73

The number of Georgia’s bank failures during the current downturn hits 73 with the closing of three more institutions by regulators . . .

Tags: bank failures , Community Capital Bank , Decatur First Bank , FDIC , Fidelity Bank , FirstCity Bank , Mark Conner , Piedmont Community Bank , State Bank and Trust Co.

In three years, a state’s banking system shrinks dramatically

Georgia observes the third anniversary of a massive wave of bank failures that have shut down more than 20 percent of the state’s lending institutions . . .

Tags: bank failures , Bartow County Bank , Chip Rogers , Chuck Williams , David Ralston , FDIC , Jack Murphy , North Georgia Bank , Tom Graves

Political Notes – Statesboro hosts the latest bank failure

Bank failures continue to plague Georgia, and lawmakers Tom Graves and Chip Rogers are getting part of the blame . . .

Tags: bank failures , Bartow County Bank , Chip Rogers , FDIC , Saxby Chambliss , Tom Graves

McIntosh State Bank is closed, 13th failure this year

Federal and state regulators have now shuttered 13 banks in Georgia this year, the highest total of any state . . .

Tags: bank failures , FDIC , Georgia

Two more bank failures bring state’s total to 63

Nearly 30 percent of the bank failures in the U.S. this year have been Georgia institutions; the FDIC shut down two more of them on Friday . . .

Tags: bank failures , FDIC

Valdosta, Dallas banks go under

For the first four months of 2011, there were 10 bank failures in Georgia . . .

Tags: bank failures , FDIC

Bank that made disputed loan to Graves, Rogers goes under

Two more Georgia banks fail, including one that was trying to collect on a loan default by suing U.S. Rep. Tom Graves and state Senate Majority Leader Chip Rogers . . .

Tags: bank failures , Bartow County Bank , Chip Rogers , Jack Murphy , Tom Graves