bank failures

Regulators on Friday closed small banks in Georgia, North Carolina, New Jersey and Illinois, boosting to 80 the number of U.S. bank failures this year.

Regulators have closed a bank in Virginia, lifting to 72 the number of U.S. bank failures this year.

Regulators on Friday closed a small bank in Florida, raising to 71 the number of U.S. bank failures this year.

Regulators on Friday closed two small banks in Georgia, boosting to 70 the number of U.S. bank failures this year.

Regulators on Friday shut down two banks in Georgia, lifting to 42 the number of U.S. bank failures this year in the wake of a gutted economy and mounds of soured loans.

Regulators shut two banks in Georgia and a smaller bank in Washington state Friday, lifting to 43 the number of U.S. bank failures this year in the wake of a gutted economy and mounds of soured loans.

Regulators on Friday shut down a small Florida bank, bringing the number of U.S. bank failures this year to 40.

Regulators on Friday shut down a total of six banks in Alabama, Georgia, Minnesota and Mississippi, boosting the number of U.S. bank failures this year to 34.

There were 157 bank closures in 2010 amid the shattered economy and piles of bad loans.

Regulators on Friday shut down a small bank in Illinois, boosting to 26 the number of U.S. bank failures this year after 157 succumbed in 2010 to the sputtering economy and piles of soured loans.

Regulators on Friday shut down small banks in Oklahoma and Wisconsin, lifting to 25 the number of U.S. bank failures this year after economic distress and soaring loan defaults brought down 157 banks in 2010.