Calendar Year

2009 in US Banking

1,486 bank events are on record for 2009: 140 failures, 566 mergers or acquisitions involving a bank, credit union or bank holding company, and 772 enforcement actions.

140

Failures

$169.71B in failed assets

566

Mergers

Federal Reserve NIC, banking organizations

772

Enforcement

OCC, FDIC, FRB, OTS and SEC 8-K filings

8

Assistance

FDIC open-bank assistance

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How many banks failed in 2009?

140 banks failed in 2009, with $169.71B in assets. Each failure below links to its own page.

Date	Bank	HQ	Assets	Acquirer or resolution
Sep 11, 2009	Brickwell Community Bank	Woodbury, MN	$72.6M	Cortrust Bank, N.A.
Sep 4, 2009	Vantus Bank	Sioux City, IA	$503.6M	Great Southern Bank
Sep 4, 2009	Inbank	Oak Forest, IL	$209.8M	MB Financial N.A.
Sep 4, 2009	Platinum Community Bank	Rolling Meadows, IL	$148.0M	—
Sep 4, 2009	First State Bank	Flagstaff, AZ	$107.2M	Sunwest Bank
Sep 4, 2009	First Bank of Kansas City	Kansas City, MO	$15.7M	Great American Bank
Aug 28, 2009	Affinity Bank	Ventura, CA	$1.21B	Pacific Western Bank
Aug 28, 2009	MainStreet Bank	Forest Lake, MN	$458.5M	Central Bank
Aug 28, 2009	Bradford Bank	Baltimore, MD	$451.9M	Manufacturers and Traders Trust Company
Aug 21, 2009	Guaranty Bank	Austin, TX	$13.46B	Compass Bank
Aug 21, 2009	Capitalsouth Bank	Birmingham, AL	$586.6M	Iberiabank
Aug 21, 2009	First Coweta	Newnan, GA	$163.8M	United Bank
Aug 21, 2009	Ebank	Atlanta, GA	$144.7M	Stearns Bank, N.A.
Aug 14, 2009	Colonial Bank	Montgomery, AL	$25.46B	BB&T
Aug 14, 2009	Community Bank of Nevada	Las Vegas, NV	$1.40B	—
Aug 14, 2009	Community Bank of Arizona	Phoenix, AZ	$158.5M	MidFirst Bank
Aug 14, 2009	Union Bank, N.A.	Gilbert, AZ	$119.5M	MidFirst Bank
Aug 14, 2009	Dwelling House Savings and Loan	Pittsburgh, PA	$12.9M	PNC Bank, N.A.
Aug 7, 2009	First State Bank	Sarasota, FL	$447.7M	Stearns Bank, N.A.
Aug 7, 2009	Community First Bank	Prineville, OR	$199.5M	Home Federal Bank
Aug 7, 2009	Community National Bank of Sarasota County	Venice, FL	$92.5M	Stearns Bank, N.A.
Jul 31, 2009	Mutual Bank	Harvey, IL	$1.60B	United Central Bank
Jul 31, 2009	Peoples Community Bank	West Chester, OH	$606.2M	First Financial Bank, N.A.
Jul 31, 2009	First Bankamericano	Elizabth, NJ	$163.4M	Crown Bank
Jul 31, 2009	Integrity Bank	Jupiter, FL	$105.3M	Stonegate Bank
Jul 31, 2009	First State Bank of Altus	Altus, OK	$90.9M	Herring Bank
Jul 24, 2009	Security Bank of Bibb County	Macon, GA	$943.7M	State Bank and Trust Company
Jul 24, 2009	Security Bank of Jones County	Gray, GA	$432.7M	State Bank and Trust Company
Jul 24, 2009	Security Bank of Houston County	Perry, GA	$371.6M	State Bank and Trust Company
Jul 24, 2009	Security Bank of Gwinnett County	Suwannee, GA	$259.2M	State Bank and Trust Company
Jul 24, 2009	Security Bank of North Fulton	Alpharetta, GA	$190.6M	State Bank and Trust Company
Jul 24, 2009	Security Bank of North Metro	Woodstock, GA	$184.2M	State Bank and Trust Company
Jul 24, 2009	Waterford Village Bank	Williamsville, NY	$55.7M	Evans Bank N.A.
Jul 17, 2009	Vineyard Bank, N.A.	Rancho Cucamonga, CA	$1.64B	California Bank & Trust
Jul 17, 2009	Temecula Valley Bank	Temecula, CA	$1.40B	First-Citizens Bank and Trust Company
Jul 17, 2009	BankFirst	Sioux Falls, SD	$210.8M	Alerus Financial, N.A.
Jul 17, 2009	First Piedmont Bank	Winder, GA	$114.1M	First American Bank and Trust Company
Jul 10, 2009	Bank of Wyoming	Thermopolis, WY	$70.2M	Central Bank & Trust
Jul 2, 2009	Founders Bank	Worth, IL	$889.2M	The Privatebank and Trust Company
Jul 2, 2009	The First National Bank of Danville	Danville, IL	$148.2M	First Financial Bank, N.A.
Jul 2, 2009	Millennium State Bank of Texas	Dallas, TX	$118.6M	State Bank of Texas
Jul 2, 2009	Rock River Bank	Oregon, IL	$74.8M	The Harvard Bank
Jul 2, 2009	The John Warner Bank	Clinton, IL	$69.6M	State Bank of Lincoln
Jul 2, 2009	The Elizabeth State Bank	Elizabeth, IL	$55.0M	Galena State Bank and Trust
Jul 2, 2009	The First State Bank of Winchester	Winchester, IL	$30.1M	The First National Bank of Beardstown
Jun 26, 2009	Mirae Bank	Los Angeles, CA	$480.6M	Wilshire State Bank
Jun 26, 2009	Neighborhood Community Bank	Newnan, GA	$212.6M	Charterbank
Jun 26, 2009	Community Bank of West Georgia	Villa Rica, GA	$201.2M	—
Jun 26, 2009	Horizon Bank	Pine City, MN	$84.8M	Stearns Bank, N.A.
Jun 26, 2009	Metropacific Bank	Irvine, CA	$75.3M	Sunwest Bank

Which banks merged in 2009?

566 mergers or acquisitions involving a bank, credit union or bank holding company are on record for 2009.

See the fuller list: Bank mergers 2009 with largest deals and credit union mergers ›

Date	Acquired	St	Acquirer
Apr 1, 2009	J P C Employees Credit Union	IL	U.S. Employees Credit Union
Apr 1, 2009	Statesman Federal Credit Union	ID	Les Bois Credit Union
Apr 1, 2009	Cavalier Federal Credit Union	OH	Associated School Employees Credit Union, Inc.
Apr 1, 2009	Sacramento County Grange Federal Credit Union	CA	Big Valley Federal Credit Union
Apr 1, 2009	Bayway P D C P C Federal Credit Union	NJ	Elizabeth, NJ Firemen's Federal Credit Union
Apr 1, 2009	Old Forge Bank	PA	Penn Security Bank and Trust Company
Apr 1, 2009	H. R. C. Employees Federal Credit Union	PA	PPG & Associates Federal Credit Union
Mar 31, 2009	Oakland Commerce Bank	MI	Talmer West Bank
Mar 31, 2009	Graystone Financial Corp	PA	Tower Bancorp Inc.
Mar 31, 2009	Florida Bank of Jacksonville	FL	Florida Bank
Mar 31, 2009	The Bank of Tallahassee	FL	Florida Bank
Mar 31, 2009	Detroit Commerce Bank	MI	Talmer West Bank
Mar 31, 2009	Community Bank, National Association	TN	Community Bank, North Mississippi
Mar 31, 2009	Kent Commerce Bank	MI	Talmer West Bank
Mar 31, 2009	Muskegon Commerce Bank	MI	Talmer West Bank
Mar 31, 2009	Brighton Commerce Bank	MI	Talmer West Bank
Mar 31, 2009	Macomb Community Bank	MI	Talmer West Bank
Mar 31, 2009	The First National Bank of Greencastle	PA	Graystone Tower Bank
Mar 31, 2009	Grand Haven Bank	MI	Talmer West Bank
Mar 31, 2009	L M P Federal Credit Union	PA	Transit Workers Federal Credit Union
Mar 31, 2009	Portage Commerce Bank	MI	Talmer West Bank
Mar 31, 2009	AB&T National Bank	AL	AB&T
Mar 31, 2009	Fort Snelling Federal Credit Union	MN	Hiway Credit Union
Mar 31, 2009	Congoleum Industries Federal Credit Union	NJ	Hamilton Horizons Federal Credit Union
Mar 27, 2009	Huntsville Holdings, Inc.	DE	Sam Houston Financial Corp.
Mar 26, 2009	TBH Nevada Corporation	NV	Henderson Texas Bancshares, Inc.
Mar 21, 2009	Dakota Heritage Bank	ND	Dakota Heritage Bank
Mar 21, 2009	Community Bank	AR	Centennial Bank
Mar 21, 2009	Bank of Mountain View	AR	Centennial Bank
Mar 21, 2009	State Bank of Tower	MN	Queen City Federal Savings Bank
Mar 20, 2009	Lake Street 'L' Federal Credit Union	IL	North Side L Federal Credit Union
Mar 18, 2009	Gunite Employees Credit Union	IL	Generations Credit Union
Mar 16, 2009	Inkom Cement Employees Credit Union	ID	Connections Credit Union
Mar 14, 2009	Sumter Bank and Trust Company	GA	SB&T Bank
Mar 13, 2009	Marsh Employees Federal Credit Union	IN	Indiana Members Credit Union
Mar 13, 2009	Tradition Bancshares of Delaware, Inc.	DE	Tradition Bancshares, Inc.
Mar 11, 2009	Waterloo Bancshares, Inc.	IL	Midland States Bancorp, Inc.
Mar 7, 2009	The State Bank of Viroqua	WI	Baraboo State Bank
Mar 6, 2009	First Community Bank East Texas, National Association	TX	First Community Bank, N.A.
Mar 5, 2009	Union Grove Baptist Church Federal Credit Union	OH	Whitehall Credit Union
Mar 3, 2009	Summit Credit Union	MT	Altana Federal Credit Union
Mar 2, 2009	Foundation Federal Credit Union	LA	Jefferson Financial Federal Credit Union
Mar 2, 2009	N F a N G Federal Credit Union	NY	Niagara Falls a F Federal Credit Union
Mar 2, 2009	Capcom Credit Union	MI	Dfcu Financial
Mar 1, 2009	Associated Blind of Oklahoma/Texas Federal Credit Union	OK	Tinker Federal Credit Union
Mar 1, 2009	Rossville Bank	GA	Community National Bank
Mar 1, 2009	Holmes Washington Credit Union	FL	Community South Credit Union
Mar 1, 2009	Reymet Community Federal Credit Union	VA	Partners Financial Federal Credit Union
Mar 1, 2009	Shreveport Cotton Belt Federal Credit Union	LA	Bossier Federal Credit Union
Feb 28, 2009	Popular Finance, Inc.	PR	Banco Popular de Puerto Rico

The list holds 500 of the 566 mergers recorded for 2009.

Enforcement Actions in 2009

Action date	Agency	Institution	Action
Mar 19, 2009 Released Mar 23, 2009	FRB	PlainsCapital Bank	Prohibition from Banking: G. Craig Chupik
Mar 19, 2009	OCC_OTS	Interamerican Bank, a Federal Savings Bank	Orders of Removal/Prohibition: Clara Lopez
Mar 18, 2009 Released Mar 24, 2009	FRB	Spring Grove Investments, Inc.	Written Agreement: Spring Grove Investments, Inc., Spring Grove, Minnesota
Mar 18, 2009	OCC_OTS	Platinum Community Bank	Termination of Cease and Desist: Platinum Community Bank
Mar 18, 2009 Released Mar 24, 2009	FRB	Pine City Bancorporation, Inc.	Written Agreement: Pine City Bancorporation, Inc., Pine City, Minnesota
Mar 18, 2009 Released Mar 23, 2009	FRB	(individual)	Written Agreement: Columbia Commercial Bancorp, Hillsboro, Oregon
Mar 17, 2009	OCC	Union Planters Corporation	Prohibition/Removal Orders: Malone, Janis
Mar 17, 2009	OCC	First Integrity Bank, N.A.	Cease-and-Desist Order (C&D) or Personal Cease-and-Desist Order (PC&D): Duhn, David
Mar 17, 2009	OCC	Union Planters Corporation	C&D or PC&D Requiring Restitution: Malone, Janis
Mar 17, 2009 Released Mar 27, 2009	FRB	First State Bank of Red Bud	Written Agreement: First State Bank of Red Bud, Red Bud, Illinois
Mar 16, 2009 Released Mar 20, 2009	FRB	Thunder Bancorp, Inc.	Written Agreement: Thunder Bancorp, Inc., Sylvan Grove, Kansas; Thunder Bank, Sylvan Grove, Kansas
Mar 16, 2009 Released Mar 17, 2009	FRB	Omni Financial Services, Inc.	Written Agreement: Omni Financial Services, Inc., Atlanta, Georgia
Mar 13, 2009	FRB	(individual)	Section 19 Letters: Bruce Wilkins
Mar 12, 2009 Released Mar 18, 2009	FRB	FNB Holding Company	Written Agreement: FNB Holding Company, West Des Moines, Iowa
Mar 11, 2009	OCC_OTS	(individual)	Cease and Desist: Guaranty Financial, M.H.C.
Mar 11, 2009	OCC	Guaranty Bank	Cease-and-Desist Order (C&D) or Personal Cease-and-Desist Order (PC&D): Guaranty Bank
Mar 11, 2009	OCC_OTS	Guaranty Bank	Cease and Desist: Guaranty Bank
Mar 11, 2009	OCC_OTS	Guaranty Financial Corporation	Cease and Desist: Guaranty Financial Corporation
Mar 10, 2009	OCC_OTS	(individual)	Modification to Cease and Desist: G. Richard Munton
Mar 5, 2009	OCC_OTS	Home Federal Savings Bank	Prompt Corrective Action: Home Federal Savings Bank
Mar 5, 2009 Released Mar 9, 2009	FRB	East Dubuque Savings Bank	Civil Money Penalty, $1,710.: East Dubuque Savings Bank, East Dubuque, Illinois
Mar 5, 2009	FRB	(individual)	Section 19 Letters: Angela Warner
Mar 5, 2009	FRB	Regions Bank	Section 19 Letters: Anne Frantsi
Mar 5, 2009	FRB	(individual)	Section 19 Letters: Dawn McCarthy
Mar 5, 2009	FRB	(individual)	Section 19 Letters: Jacob Chudzinski
Mar 5, 2009	FRB	The Huntington National Bank	Section 19 Letters: Marsha Sewolich
Mar 5, 2009	FRB	Suntrust Bank	Section 19 Letters: Thelma Elizabeth Young
Mar 5, 2009	FRB	Firstmerit Corporation	Section 19 Letters: Thomas A. Ostrosky
Mar 5, 2009	OCC	The First National Bank of Florida	Cease-and-Desist Order (C&D) or Personal Cease-and-Desist Order (PC&D): The First National Bank of Florida
Mar 4, 2009 Released Mar 17, 2009	FRB	(individual)	Written Agreement: Société Générale (Societe Generale), Paris, France; Société Générale (Societe Generale) New York …
Mar 2, 2009	OCC	First Integrity Bank, N.A.	Prohibition/Removal Orders: Kruchten, K. Patrick
Mar 2, 2009 Released Mar 9, 2009	FRB	Solutionsbank Corporation	Written Agreement: SolutionsBank Corporation, Overland Park, Kansas; SolutionsBank, Overland Park, Kansas
Feb 27, 2009	OCC_OTS	Ebank	Termination of Cease and Desist: ebank
Feb 27, 2009	OCC	Pikes Peak National Bank	Formal Agreement: Pikes Peak National Bank
Feb 27, 2009	OCC_OTS	Ebank	Cease and Desist: ebank
Feb 27, 2009	OCC_OTS	Ebank Financial Services, Inc.	Cease and Desist: ebank Financial Services, Inc.
Feb 27, 2009	OCC_OTS	Washington Mutual Bank	Orders of Removal/Prohibition: Jo Ann Barba
Feb 26, 2009	OCC	Silverton Bank, N.A.	Cease-and-Desist Order (C&D) or Personal Cease-and-Desist Order (PC&D): Silverton Bank, National Association
Feb 26, 2009	OCC_OTS	Bradford Bank	Cease and Desist: Bradford Bank
Feb 26, 2009	OCC_OTS	Bradford Bank MHC	Cease and Desist: Bradford Bank MHC
Feb 25, 2009	OCC	Minnstar Bank N.A.	Formal Agreement: Minnstar Bank National Association
Feb 24, 2009 Released Feb 26, 2009	FRB	Cape Fear Bank Corporation	Written Agreement: Cape Fear Bank Corporation, Wilmington, North Carolina
Feb 20, 2009	OCC	Eastern Savings Bank Federal Savings Bank	Cease-and-Desist Order (C&D) or Personal Cease-and-Desist Order (PC&D): Eastern Savings Bank, FSB
Feb 20, 2009	OCC	Rosemount National Bank	Formal Agreement: Rosemount National Bank
Feb 20, 2009	OCC_OTS	Eastern Savings Bank Federal Savings Bank	Cease and Desist: Eastern Savings Bank, FSB
Feb 20, 2009	OCC_OTS	Brookline Bank	Cease and Desist: Brookline Bank
Feb 19, 2009	OCC_OTS	Page County Federal Savings Association	Termination of Cease and Desist: Page County FSA
Feb 18, 2009 Released Feb 19, 2009	FRB	Corus Bankshares, Inc.	Written Agreement: Corus Bankshares, Inc., Chicago, Illinois
Feb 18, 2009	OCC	Corus Bank, N.A.	Cease-and-Desist Order (C&D) or Personal Cease-and-Desist Order (PC&D): Corus Bank, National Association
Feb 17, 2009	OCC_OTS	Sykesville Federal Savings Association	Civil Money Penalty: Robert F. Wilson

FDIC Open-Bank Assistance in 2009

Date	Institution	HQ	Assets
Jan 16, 2009	Bank of America N.A.	Charlotte, NC	$1.47T
Jan 16, 2009	FIA Card Services N.A.	Wilmington, DE	$159.64B
Jan 16, 2009	Countrywide Bank FSB	Alexandria, VA	$117.98B
Jan 16, 2009	Merrill Lynch Bank USA	Salt Lake City, UT	$61.81B
Jan 16, 2009	Merrill Lynch Bank & Trust Co FSB	New York, NY	$37.99B
Jan 16, 2009	Bank of America Rhode Island N.A.	Providence, RI	$35.41B
Jan 16, 2009	Bank of America California N.A.	San Francisco, CA	$21.50B
Jan 16, 2009	Bank of America Oregon N.A.	Portland, OR	$11.53B

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