Total US Bank Failures Is Now 115

Posted exactly a week ago, 24th Oct 2009. Should You Be Worried With All These Bank Failures

• The tally of bank failures easily broke past the No. 100 milestone on Friday night, with regulators announcing the year's 106th closure.

A week ago, there were 106 bank failures.
Today the today is 115!

9 banks in major holding company fail

• NEW YORK (CNNMoney.com) -- Nine subsidiaries of FBOP Corp., a multistate holding company that included California National Bank of Los Angeles, succumbed Friday to the nationwide banking crisis, bringing to 115 the number of banks closed by regulators so far this year.
  
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  The banks, which had combined assets of $19.4 billion and deposits of $15.4 billion, will open Saturday as U.S. Bank branches.
  
  The nine banks are Bank USA N.A. of Phoenix, California National Bank of Los Angeles, San Diego National Bank of San Diego, Pacific National Bank of San Francisco, Park National Bank of Chicago, Community Bank of Lemont in Lemont, Ill., North Houston Bank in Houston, Madisonville State Bank in Madisonville, Texas, and Citizens National Bank of Teague, Texas.
  
  Together, the nine banks had 153 offices.
  
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  This year's failures have already reduced the FDIC's insurance fund to below $10 billion from $45 billion a year ago. Friday's closure will cost the FDIC an estimated $2.5 billion.
  
  After factoring in expected closures, the agency says its insurance fund is in the red and will remain there through 2012. Over the next four years, the agency expects bank closures will cost $100 billion.
  
  The insurance fund also carried a negative balance during the savings in loan crisis.

On LA Times: Regulators seize California National Bank in country's fourth-largest bank failure this year