WASHINGTON, Aug. 26 (UPI) -- The U.S. thrift industry has posted its first profit since the third quarter of 2007, U.S. regulators said Wednesday.
MONTGOMERY, Ala., Aug. 15 (UPI) -- The Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. says it has sold failed southern U.S. bank Colonial BancGroup Inc. to BB&T Corp.
WILMINGTON, N.C., April 11 (UPI) -- Banks in Wilmington, N.C., and Greeley, Colo., have been closed after receiving cease and desist orders from the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp.
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.
WASHINGTON, Oct. 10 (UPI) -- U.S. finance leaders are in the early stages of discussions about a government plan to back all U.S. bank deposits, sources said.
ALPHARETTA, Ga., Aug. 30 (UPI) -- State regulators say they've shut down the Integrity Bank of Alpharetta, Ga., marking the United States' 10th bank failure of 2008.
BENTONVILLE, Ark., March 16 (UPI) -- Wal-Mart Stores said Friday it would drop its plan to enter the U.S. banking business, citing delays in the process and the plan's "manufactured controversy."
WASHINGTON, Jan. 25 (UPI) -- Fines against U.S. banks for violating laws requiring flood insurance in high-risk flood zones rose 82 percent last year, a report said Thursday.
MIAMI, Jan. 29 (UPI) -- Florida is warning about phony e-mail messages supposedly from the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. or the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency.
WASHINGTON, Nov. 26 (UPI) -- The Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. said on Tuesday that U.S. banks posted near record earnings in the third quarter, as higher profits from U.S. operations offset falling overseas income. More than 60 percent of banks reported higher third-quarter earnin