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In its busiest weekend in decades, the FDIC closed 5 more banks bringing the number of total bank failures to 45 for the year. This weekend exceeded the previous record when 4 banks failed on a single weekend in February.   Two of the seized banks were located in California, two more in Georgia and [...]

Number 17 for 2009; 42nd Since Depression Began
Freedom Bank of Georgia, Commerce, Georgia, was closed today by the Georgia Department of Banking and Finance, which appointed the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) as receiver. To protect the depositors, the FDIC entered into a purchase and assumption agreement with Northeast Georgia Bank, Lavonia, Georgia, to assume [...]