Regulators close 6 banks in Ga, NJ, Ohio, Wis – WSBT-TV ...
by james
Community Southern Bank, based in Carrollton, Ga. , agreed to assume the assets and deposits of Bank of Ellijay, First Commerce Community Bank and Peoples Bank. WASHINGTON (AP) — Regulators on Friday shut down three Georgia banks and one each in New Jersey, Ohio and Wisconsin, boosting to 125 the number of U. S. bank failures this year amid the tough economic climate and growing loan defaults. on Friday took over the Georgia banks: Bank of Ellijay, in Ellijay, with $168. The failures of the three banks Friday brought to 14 the number of Georgia banks that have fallen this year. The Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. Georgia, where the meltdown in the real estate market brought an avalanche of soured mortgage loans, has been one of the hardest hit states for bank collapses. First Commerce Community Bank of Douglasville, with $248....
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