Failed Bank List

8 failures · $6.7 billion in assets

Bank failures in 2015

Eight insured banks failed in 2015, down from 18 in 2014. Together they reported $6.7 billion in assets, and the FDIC's estimated loss on them is $847 million. The largest was Doral Bank of San Juan, Puerto Rico, at $5.9 billion.

Week by week

  • $1 billion or more
  • $100 million to $1 billion
  • under $100 million
Bank failures in 2015 by week of closingFirst National Bank of Crestview, 2015-01-16Highland Community Bank, 2015-01-23Capitol City Bank & Trust Company, 2015-02-13Doral Bank, 2015-02-27Edgebrook Bank, 2015-05-08Premier Bank, 2015-07-10The Bank of Georgia, 2015-10-02Hometown National Bank, 2015-10-02JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
One square per failed bank, stacked in the week it closed. 100% of these closings fell on a Friday. The median estimated loss was 11% of a failed bank's assets.

Where they failed

Failures by state in 2015: Illinois 2, Georgia 2, Florida 1, Puerto Rico 1, Colorado 1, Washington 1.

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All 8 failures in 2015, in closing order
ClosedBankLocationAcquired byTotal assetsEst. loss
January 16, 2015First National Bank of CrestviewCrestview, FLFirst NBC Bank$73.8 million$6.3 million
January 23, 2015Highland Community BankChicago, ILUnited Fidelity Bank, fsb$54.7 million$4.7 million
February 13, 2015Capitol City Bank & Trust CompanyAtlanta, GAFirst-Citizens Bank & Trust Company$272 million$95.9 million
February 27, 2015Doral BankSan Juan, PRBanco Popular de Puerto Rico$5.9 billion$689 million
May 8, 2015Edgebrook BankChicago, ILRepublic Bank of Chicago$90.0 million$20.6 million
July 10, 2015Premier BankDenver, COUnited Fidelity Bank, fsb$26.8 million$1.2 million
October 2, 2015The Bank of GeorgiaPeachtree City, GAFidelity Bank$286 million$27.8 million
October 2, 2015Hometown National BankLongview, WATwin City Bank$3.8 million$995 thousand