troubled banks

Non-banks will soon be able to bid for banks on the verge of collapse — a change that should not only keep more troubled banks from failing, but also benefit companies looking to get funding through deposits and the government.

Banking stocks led equity markets higher in Europe and Asia after European leaders announced plans to inject new capital into troubled banks and to guarantee interbank lending.

European credit crunch deepens; officials pledge to rescue troubled banks; Analysis by Roger Nightingale of Pointon York

A sweeping government plan to buy up to $700 billion in bad mortgages may not be enough to save some banks, which experts say may be forced to absorb big losses if they sell their troubled assets.

The number of troubled U.S. banks rose 30 percent to 117 in the second quarter, the highest level in five years, according to the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp.

U.S. banking industry profits plunged by 86 percent in the second quarter and the number of troubled banks jumped to the highest level in about five years, as slumps in the housing and credit markets continued.

U.S. banking industry profits plunged by 86 percent in the second quarter and the number of troubled banks jumped to the highest level in about five years, as slumps in the housing and credit markets continued.

The number of troubled U.S. banks leaped to the highest level in about five years and bank profits plunged by 86 percent in the second quarter, as slumps in the housing and credit markets continued.

Facing a growing credit crisis and a rising number of troubled banks, the F.D.I.C. has recruited back many of the people who helped it clean up the savings and loan crisis 20 years ago.

IndyMac bank going under probably has you wondering, is my bank next? Various analysts are predicted that hundreds of small and regional banks could collapse in the next year.

Here's the top 10 list of the nation's most troubled banks...