The Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation seized First Chicago Bank and Trust in Chicago, Colorado Capital Bank in Castle Rock, Colo., and Signature Bank in Windsor, Colo.
Northbrook Bank and Trust, based in Northbrook, Ill., agreed to assume the deposits and most of the assets of First Chicago, which had about $959.3 million in assets and $887.5 million in deposits.
First Citizens Bank and Trust, based in Raleigh, N.C., assumed all the deposits and essentially all the assets of Colorado Capital, which had $717.5 million in assets and $672.8 million in deposits.
Points West Community Bank, based in Julesburg, Colo., agreed to assume Signature Bank’s $64.5 million in deposits and essentially all of its $66.7 million in assets.
Four banks have failed in Colorado this year. First Chicago is the fifth lender to collapse this year in Illinois.
In 2010, regulators seized 157 banks.
Article source: http://feeds.nytimes.com/click.phdo?i=9d47c70dec17163f2728e9c67c728112
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