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A Utah bank is gone after 16 years of losses. Why did it survive so long?

American Banker

Liberty Bank in Salt Lake City had been "structurally unprofitable" since 2008, according to its regulators. Experts criticized the FDIC for allowing the bank's demise to play out in slow motion.

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Lessons Learned From the Fourth United States Bank Failure of 2023

Perficient

A rather small bank, as of the end of its first quarter, the bank reported $139 million in total assets and $130 million in total deposits in its FDIC Call Report. He was promoted to President and CEO in 2008. Heartland Tri-State began operations in 1985 under the name First National Bank of Elkhart.

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Memories of 2008 leave FDIC with few bidders for failed banks

American Banker

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Dud-Frank? Post-2008 reforms played little role in bank resolutions.

American Banker

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Bill To Ease Regulation on Smaller FIs Before U.S. House

PYMNTS

Tom Hoenig, who stepped down last month as FDIC vice chairman, (said) that the Volcker rule should remain in place but, rather than requiring banks to comply with tedious reporting requirements, allow bank examiners to check compliance with policies and procedures as part of the regular inspection process,” the report added.

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Diversity reports at two federal agencies offer glimpse of regulatory review under impending Dodd-Frank diversity standards

CFPB Monitor

Two reports recently issued by the Offices of Inspector General at the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) and the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) may provide some insight on the impending final standards. ( FDIC Report ; OCC Report ). Diversity and Inclusion CFPB diversity'

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LendingClub Settles With SEC, DOJ

PYMNTS

The DOJ investigation centered on whether LendingClub had – between January 2009 to September 2010 – misled its FDIC-insured loan originator, WebBank , leading the bank to underwrite over 200 loans that did not conform to the bank’s lending requirements. The DOJ Finding.

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