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2008

• December

  • December 29, 2008PR-145-2008 FDIC Makes Public November Enforcement Actions; No Administrative Hearings are Scheduled
  • December 23, 2008PR-144-2008 Joint Release/Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation and the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania Department of Banking Executed an Information-Sharing Agreement
  • December 22, 2008PR-143-2008 Joint Release/Federal Financial Regulators Issue Revised Identity Theft Brochure
  • December 19, 2008PR-142-2008 FDIC Announces $114 Million Settlement With Subprime Credit Card Company Charged With Deceptive Credit Card Marketing
  • December 18, 2008PR-141-2008 Liquidity Risk is Focus of Winter Issue of FDIC's Supervisory Insights
  • December 17, 2008PR-140-2008 Joint Release/Agencies Release Annual CRA Asset-Size Threshold Adjustments for Small and Intermediate Small Institutions
  • December 16, 2008PR-139-2008 Joint Release/Agencies Approve Final Rule on Deduction of Goodwill from Tier 1 Capital
  • December 16, 2008PR-138-2008 FDIC Issues Final Rule on Recordkeeping Requirements for QFCS
  • December 16, 2008PR-137-2008 FDIC Approves 2009 Operating Budget, Releases Third Quarter 2008 Results for the Deposit Insurance Fund
  • December 16, 2008PR-136-2008 FDIC Adopts Assessments for Insured Institutions for 2009
  • December 12, 2008PR-135-2008 The Pecos County Bank Acquires All the Deposits of Sanderson State Bank, Sanderson, Texas
  • December 12, 2008PR-134-2008 BB&T Company Acquires All the Deposits of Haven Trust Bank, Duluth, Georgia
  • December 10, 2008PR-133-2008 FDIC Reiterates the Guarantee of Federal Deposit Insurance
  • December 5, 2008PR-132-2008 United Bank Acquires All the Deposits of First Georgia Community Bank, Jackson, Georgia
  • December 5, 2008PR-131-2008 FDIC Issues List of Banks Examined for CRA Compliance
  • December 4, 2008PR-130-2008 FDIC Publication Helps Consumers Understand Their New, Higher Deposit Insurance Coverage: Latest Advice on How to Be Fully Protected is Available Free

• November

  • November 28, 2008(Revised) PR-129-2008 FDIC Makes Public October Enforcement Actions; No Administrative Hearings are Scheduled
  • November 28, 2008PR-128-2008 FDIC Issues First Quarter 2009 CRA Examination Schedule
  • November 26, 2008PR-127-2008 FDIC Expands Bidder List for Troubled Institutions
  • November 25, 2008PR-126-2008 Insured Banks and Thrifts Earned $1.7 Billion in the Third Quarter
  • November 23, 2008PR-125-2008 Joint Statement by Treasury, Federal Reserve and the FDIC on Citigroup
  • November 21, 2008PR-124-2008 U.S. Bank Acquires All the Deposits of Two Southern California Institutions
  • November 21, 2008PR-123-2008 Bank of Essex, Tappahannock, Virginia Acquires All the Deposits of The Community Bank, Loganville, GA
  • November 21, 2008PR-122-2008 FDIC Board of Directors Approves TLGP Final Rule
  • November 20, 2008PR-121-2008 FDIC Announces Availability of IndyMac Loan Modification Model
  • November 20, 2008PR-120-2008 FDIC Chairman Bair Delivers Remarks to the Johns Hopkins Carey Business School
  • November 18, 2008PR-119-2008 FDIC Announces Location of Temporary West Coast Satellite Office
  • November 18, 2008PR-118-2008 FDIC Opens Exhibit Celebrating the Agency's 75-Year History
  • November 13, 2008PR-117-2008 Joint Release/Agencies Seek Comment on Proposed Interagency Appraisal and Evaluation Guidelines
  • November 12, 2008PR-116-2008 FDIC Announces Interagency Statement on Meeting the Needs of Creditworthy Borrowers
  • November 12, 2008PR-115-2008 Joint Release/Interagency Statement on Meeting the Needs of Creditworthy Borrowers
  • November 7, 2008PR-114-2008 Pacific Western Bank Acquires All the Deposits of Security Pacific Bank, Los Angeles, California
  • November 7, 2008PR-113-2008 Prosperity Bank Acquires All the Deposits of Franklin Bank, S.S.B., Houston, Texas
    • En Español
  • November 7, 2008PR-112-2008 FDIC Extends Comment Period for Portions of Proposed Rulemaking on Risk-Based Assessments
  • November 5, 2008PR-111-2008 FDIC Issues List of Banks Examined for CRA Compliance
  • November 3, 2008PR-110-2008 FDIC Extends Opt-Out Deadline for Participation in the Temporary Liquidity Guarantee Program

• October

  • October 31, 2008PR-109-2008 Fifth Third Bank Acquires All the Deposits of Freedom Bank, Bradenton, Florida
  • October 31, 2008PR-108-2008 Joint Release/Agencies Announce Decision on Impact of Tax Change on Indirect Investments in Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac Preferred Stock
  • October 31, 2008PR-107-2008 FDIC Makes Public September Enforcement Actions; No Administrative Hearings are Scheduled
  • October 24, 2008PR-106-2008 Stearns Bank, National Association Acquires the Insured Deposits of Alpha Bank & Trust, Alpharetta, GA
  • October 23, 2008PR-105-2008 FDIC Issues Interim Rule to Implement the Temporary Liquidity Guarantee Program
  • October 22, 2008PR-104-2008 FDIC to Host 7th Annual Conference of the International Association of Deposit Insurers
  • October 20, 2008PR-103-2008 Joint Release/Agencies Encourage Participation in Treasury's Capital Purchase Program, FDIC's Temporary Liquidity Guarantee Program
  • October 17, 2008PR-102-2008 Joint Release/Agencies Announce Decision on Regulatory Capital Impact of Emergency Economic Stabilization Act of 2008 on Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac Preferred Stock
  • October 16, 2008PR-101-2008 FDIC Announces Series of Banker Calls on Its Temporary Liquidity Guarantee Program
  • October 14, 2008PR-100-2008 FDIC Announces Plan to Free Up Bank Liquidity
  • October 10, 2008PR-99-2008 National Bank Acquires All the Deposits of Meridian Bank, Eldred, Illinois
  • October 10, 2008PR-98-2008 Monroe Bank & Trust Acquires All the Deposits of Main Street Bank, Northville, Michigan
  • October 10, 2008PR-97-2008 FDIC Simplifies Coverage Rules for Mortgage Servicing Accounts
  • October 8, 2008PR-96-2008 Joint Release/Shared National Credits Program Reports Large Increase in Credit Volume and Significant Deterioration in Credit Quality
  • October 7, 2008PR-95-2008 Joint Release/Agencies Seek Public Comment On Proposed Rulemaking To Lower Risk Weights for Claims on, or Guaranteed by, Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac
  • October 7, 2008PR-94-2008 FDIC Board Adopts Restoration Plan -- Proposes Higher Assessments on Insured Banks
  • October 7, 2008PR-93-2008 Emergency Economic Stabilization Act of 2008 Temporarily Increases Basic FDIC Insurance Coverage from $100,000 to $250,000 Per Depositor
  • October 3, 2008PR-92-2008 FDIC Chairman Bair Comments on Enactment of Financial Rescue Package
  • October 3, 2008PR-91-2008 FDIC Issues List of Banks Examined for CRA Compliance
  • October 3, 2008PR-90-2008 FDIC Chairman Sheila Bair Comments on Agreement to Merge by Wells Fargo and Wachovia
  • October 1, 2008PR-89-2008 Joint Release/Banking Department and FDIC Lift Order Against Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi UFJ Trust Company

• September

  • September 29, 2008PR-88-2008 Citigroup Inc. to Acquire Banking Operations of Wachovia
  • September 26, 2008(Revised) PR-87-2008 FDIC Makes Public August Enforcement Actions; Two Administrative Hearings are Scheduled for October
  • September 26, 2008PR-86-2008 FDIC Simplifies Coverage Rules for Revocable Trust Accounts
  • September 25, 2008PR-85-2008 JPMorgan Chase Acquires Banking Operations of Washington Mutual
  • September 25, 2008PR-84-2008 Open Letter to Bloomberg News about FDIC Deposit Insurance Fund
  • September 22, 2008PR-83-2008 FDIC Rolls out Deposit Insurance Awareness Campaign
  • September 19, 2008PR-82-2008 Pioneer Community Bank, Inc., and The Citizens Savings Bank Acquire All Deposits of Ameribank, Inc., Northfork, West Virginia
  • September 15, 2008PR-81-2008 Joint Release/Federal Banking Agencies Evaluating FASB's Accounting Proposals
  • September 15, 2008PR-80-2008 Joint Release/Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation and the New York State Banking Department Executed an Information-Sharing Agreement
  • September 15, 2008PR-79-2008 Joint Release/Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation and the Texas Department of Banking Executed an Information-Sharing Agreement
  • September 7, 2008PR-78-2008 Joint Release/The Federal Banking Agencies React to Takeover of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac
  • September 5, 2008PR-77-2008 Nevada State Bank Acquires the Insured Deposits of Silver State Bank, Henderson, Nevada
    • En Español
  • September 5, 2008PR-76-2008 FDIC Issues List of Banks Examined for CRA Compliance
  • September 4, 2008PR-75-2008 FDIC Report Highlights Suggestions for Expanding Mortgage Loans to Low- and Moderate-Income Households

• August

  • August 29, 2008PR-74-2008 Regions Bank Acquires All the Deposits of Integrity Bank, Alpharetta, Georgia
  • August 29, 2008PR-73-2008 FDIC Issues Fourth Quarter 2008 CRA Examination Schedule
  • August 29, 2008PR-72-2008 FDIC Makes Public July Enforcement Actions; No Administrative Hearings are Scheduled for September
  • August 27, 2008PR-71-2008 FDIC General Counsel Sara A. Kelsey to Retire
  • August 26, 2008PR-70-2008 Insured Bank and Thrift Earnings Fell to $5.0 Billion in the Second Quarter
  • August 22, 2008PR-69-2008 Citizens Bank and Trust, Chillicothe, MO, Acquires the Insured Deposits of the Columbian Bank and Trust Company, Topeka, KS
  • August 21, 2008PR-68-2008 How to "Get a Good Night's Sleep" with FDIC Insurance: Answers to Common Questions: Other Topics in the Latest FDIC Consumer News Include Fixing a "Frozen" Home Equity Line, Avoiding Phone and Fax Fraud, and "Going Green" When Saving and Borrowing Money
  • August 20, 2008PR-67-2008 FDIC Implements Loan Modification Program for Distressed IndyMac Mortgage Loans
  • August 6, 2008PR-66-2008 FDIC Issues List of Banks Examined for CRA Compliance
  • August 1, 2008PR-65-2008 SunTrust Bank Acquires the Insured Deposits of First Priority Bank, Bradenton, Florida
  • August 1, 2008PR-64-2008 FDIC Makes Public June Enforcement Actions; No Administrative Hearings are Scheduled for August

• July

  • July 25, 2008PR-63-2008 Mutual of Omaha Bank Acquires All Deposits of First National Bank of Nevada and First Heritage Bank, N.A.
    • En Español
  • July 24, 2008PR-62-2008 FDIC Chairman Sheila C. Bair Reiterates Promise of Deposit Insurance
  • July 18, 2008PR-61-2008 FDIC Announces Web Site to Assist IndyMac Depositors Determine Insurance Standing
  • July 15, 2008PR-60-2008 FDIC Board Approves Final Covered Bond Policy Statement
  • July 15, 2008PR-59-2008 Joint Release/Agencies Issue Final Guidance on Supervisory Review Process (Pillar 2) Related to Implementation of Basel II Advanced Approaches Rule
  • July 14, 2008PR-58-2008 FDIC Chairman Sheila Bair's Statement on the Federal Reserve Board's Final Rule for Home Mortgage Loans
  • July 13, 2008PR-57-2008 FDIC Chairman Sheila C. Bair Issues Statement on IndyMac Federal Bank, FSB, Conservatorship
  • July 11, 2008PR-56-2008 FDIC Establishes IndyMac Federal Bank, FSB as Successor to IndyMac Bank, F.S.B., Pasadena, California
    • En Español
  • July 8, 2008PR-55-2008 Joint Release/Agencies Issue Statement on Basel II Advanced Approaches Qualification Process
  • July 7, 2008PR-54-2008 FDIC Issues List of Banks Examined for CRA Compliance
  • July 2, 2008PR-53-2008 Expanding Responsible Mortgage Credit Availability to Lower-Income Households to Be Focus of Two FDIC-Sponsored Events

• June

  • June 30, 2008PR-52-2008 FDIC Makes Public May Enforcement Actions; No Administrative Hearings are Scheduled for July
  • June 26, 2008PR-51-2008 Joint Release/Banking Agencies Issue Host State Loan-to-Deposit Ratios
  • June 26, 2008PR-50-2008 FDIC Board Approves Basel II-Based Standardized Approach Capital Proposal as an Alternative to the Current Rules
  • June 25, 2008PR-49-2008 FDIC and United Kingdom Financial Services Authority Sign Memorandum of Understanding
  • June 16, 2008PR-48-2008 FDIC Celebrates 75 Years as Pillar of American Banking System
  • June 10, 2008PR-47-2008 FDIC Seeks in Excess of $200 Million Against Credit Card Company and Two Banks for Deceptive Credit Card Marketing
  • June 10, 2008PR-46-2008 Transparency in the Structured Finance Market; Risks, Fallout from Nontraditional Mortgages are Focus of FDIC's Supervisory Insights
  • June 9, 2008PR-45-2008 Joint Release/Federal Banking Agencies Announce Third Annual Interagency Minority Depository Institutions National Conference July 16-18, 2008 - Chicago, Illinois
  • June 6, 2008PR-44-2008 FDIC and United Way Partner to Increase Bank Access and Expand Delivery of Financial Education to "Underserved"
  • June 5, 2008PR-43-2008 FDIC Issues List of Banks Examined for CRA Compliance
  • June 4, 2008PR-42-2008 FDIC to Sponsor Forum on Mortgage Lending for Low- and Moderate-Income Households

• May

  • May 30, 2008PR-41-2008 FDIC Approves the Assumption of All the Deposits of First Integrity Bank, National Association, Staples, Minnesota
  • May 30, 2008PR-40-2008 FDIC Issues Third Quarter 2008 CRA Examination Schedule
  • May 30, 2008PR-39-2008 Joint Release/Agencies Release List of Distressed or Underserved Nonmetropolitan Middle-Income Geographies
  • May 29, 2008PR-38-2008 FDIC and NeighborWorks® to Co-Host a Series of One-Day Seminars on Foreclosure Prevention
  • May 29, 2008PR-37-2008 Insured Banks and Thrifts Earned $19.3 Billion in the First Quarter: Troubled Real Estate Loans Trigger Higher Provisions for Losses, Weaker Profits
  • May 27, 2008PR-36-2008 FDIC Makes Public April Enforcement Actions; No Administrative Hearings are Scheduled
  • May 22, 2008PR-35-2008 Joint Release/Federal Financial Regulators Issue Final Illustrations of Consumer Information for Hybrid Adjustable Rate Mortgage Products
  • May 20, 2008PR-34-2008 The FDIC Issues Money-Management Tips for All Ages: Special Edition of FDIC Consumer News Features Ideas for Different Stages of Life
  • May 9, 2008PR-33-2008 FDIC Approves the Assumption of the Insured Deposits of ANB Financial, National Association, Bentonville, Arkansas
  • May 6, 2008PR-32-2008 FDIC Issues List of Banks Examined for CRA Compliance

• April

  • April 29, 2008PR-31-2008 FDIC Makes Public March Enforcement Actions; No Administrative Hearings are Scheduled
  • April 14, 2008PR-30-2008 FDIC's Adult Financial Literacy Program Surpasses Milestone; New Version to Help School-age Kids Learn About Money
  • April 11, 2008PR-29-2008 FDIC to Conduct First Nationwide Survey of Banks' Efforts to Bring "Unbanked" Consumers Into Economic Mainstream
  • April 8, 2008PR-28-2008 FDIC Makes Public February Enforcement Actions; No Administrative Hearings are Scheduled
  • April 7, 2008PR-27-2008 FDIC Issues List of Banks Examined for CRA Compliance

• March

  • March 21, 2008PR-26-2008 Joint Release/Agencies Release Proposed Revisions to Interagency Questions and Answers Regarding Flood Insurance
  • March 19, 2008PR-25-2008 FDIC Highlights Bank Strategies for Encouraging Low- and Moderate-Income Households to Save
  • March 17, 2008PR-24-2008 Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation Stresses Importance of Managing Commercial Real Estate Concentrations
  • March 14, 2008PR-23-2008 FDIC Board Votes to Maintain Assessment Rates for Banks and Thrifts
  • March 12, 2008PR-22-2008 FDIC Advisory Committee on Economic Inclusion to Examine Asset-Building Opportunities for Individuals and Banks
  • March 7, 2008PR-21-2008 FDIC Approves the Assumption of the Insured Deposits of Hume Bank, Hume, Missouri
  • March 5, 2008PR-20-2008 FDIC Issues List of Banks Examined for CRA Compliance
  • March 3, 2008PR-19-2008 Statement of FDIC Chairman Bair on Encouraging Servicers to Report Loan Modification Efforts to HOPE NOW Alliance
  • March 3, 2008PR-18-2008 FDIC Highlights Financial Education Efforts as Part of Observance of National Consumer Protection Week

• February

  • February 29, 2008PR-17-2008 FDIC Issues Guide to Help Professionals Calculate Insurance Coverage for Revocable and Irrevocable Trusts
  • February 29, 2008PR-16-2008 FDIC Issues Second Quarter 2008 CRA Examination Schedule
  • February 26, 2008PR-15-2008 Banks and Thrifts Earned $105.5 Billion in 2007
  • February 25, 2008PR-14-2008 FDIC Makes Public January Enforcement Actions; No Administrative Hearings are Scheduled
  • February 19, 2008PR-13-2008 The FDIC at 75: How It Protects Consumers and How Consumers Can Protect Themselves: Latest FDIC Consumer News also includes a to-do list for fine-tuning finances and an update on help for mortgage borrowers
  • February 15, 2008PR-12-2008 FDIC Reports Year-End 2007 Financial Results for the Deposit Insurance Fund and the FSLIC Resolution Fund
  • February 11, 2008PR-11-2008 FDIC Makes Public December Enforcement Actions; No Administrative Hearings are Scheduled
  • February 5, 2008PR-10-2008 FDIC Selects Participants for Its Small-Dollar Loan Study
  • February 5, 2008PR-9-2008 FDIC Issues List of Banks Examined for CRA Compliance

• January

  • January 30, 2008PR-8-2008 FDIC Makes Public November Enforcement Actions; No Administrative Hearings are Scheduled
  • January 25, 2008PR-7-2008 FDIC Approves the Assumption of all the Deposits of Douglass National Bank, Kansas City, Missouri
  • January 22, 2008PR-6-2008 Thomas J. Dujenski Named FDIC Dallas Regional Director
  • January 22, 2008PR-5-2008 FDIC Names Robert Mooney and Kathleen Nagle to Senior Posts in Division of Supervision and Consumer Protection
  • January 10, 2008PR-4-2008 Analytical Case for Loan Modification Reported in FDIC Quarterly: Study on Feasibility of Voluntary Excess Deposit Insurance also Featured
  • January 9, 2008PR-3-2008 FDIC Issues List of Banks Examined for CRA Compliance
  • January 7, 2008PR-2-2008 FDIC Appoints Luke Brown as Associate Director for Compliance Policy
  • January 3, 2008PR-1-2008 FDIC Makes Public October Enforcement Actions; No Administrative Hearings are Scheduled