By most measures, the nation's banking system is in solid shape, with just two failures in 2024. Yet the outgoing chairman of ...

What you can do to insure your deposits in case your bank goes under. Sept. 2, 2008 — -- Back in April, I called bank failures a "rare occurrence" that few of us, born after the Great Depression, ...

Could your bank fail? What you need to know when stashing away your cash. Nov. 19, 2007 Special to ABCNEWS.com — -- Concerns about liquidity in the banking system have raised the possibility that ...

LOS ANGELES -- President Biden says the American banking system remains safe following the collapse of two U.S. banks, but the failures have nonetheless created concern among customers who hold their ...

The unexpected failure of First National Bank of Lindsay, Oklahoma, was a failure connected with potential fraud and significant losses for uninsured depositors. Only two bank failures in 2024 reflect ...

On November 25, the New York Fed released a study analyzing the causes of bank failures. The study postulated the primary reason for such failures was a deterioration of bank fundamentals leading to ...

A bank failure occurs when a state or federal regulator closes it, typically after determining that it’s insolvent. When this happens, the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. (FDIC) steps in to cover ...

In the first six months of 2025, two small banks failed. The Santa Anna National Bank in Texas, which had $63.8 million in ...

After a week’s let-up, U.S. regulators were back in action last Friday, shuttering two more banks in Illinois and Indiana. This brings the total number of bank failures to 9 so far in 2012, following ...

The trigger would be the bank’s reported capital falling below some threshold that the speaker did not identify. The theoclassical theory is, as always, the creation of “private market discipline” to ...

NEW YORK — The financial institution best known for its relationships with high-flying world technology startups and venture capital, Silicon Valley Bank, experienced one of the oldest problems in ...

Explore the causes and impacts of the 1980s banking crisis. Learn how regulatory changes led to bank failures and discover the government's role in recovery.