NEW YORK, Aug. 31 (UPI) -- The number of U.S. banks shut to date in 2009 is triple the number that failed in 2008, government regulators said.
CHAMPAIGN, Ill., May 23 (UPI) -- Two Illinois banks have been shuttered by regulators, marking the 35th and 36th bank closings in the United States so far this year, officials said.
ATLANTA, March 7 (UPI) -- The government has seized Freedom Bank of Georgia -- the seventh bank in Georgia to fail in the last seven months, federal and state regulators say.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 26 (UPI) -- The federal insurance fund that guarantees the security of U.S. bank deposits is being drained by the rise in financial institution failures, officials said.
