Topic: Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation

Roubini Says 400 More Bank Failures Are Likely

The FDIC says more than 800 banks are still at risk. Economist Nouriel Roubini, known for predicting the subprime crisis, expects to see about half...

Best places to work in the federal government

Partnership for Public Service ranks 290 large and small federal agencies. . The Partnership for Public Service (PPS) has released this year's list ...
Businesses fail. Or at least, a fair number should fail in a healthy capitalist system. Risk -- of failure and reward -- is an essential component...
There are a lot of bank fees that deserve the "Slater Slide.". . . . Steven Slater is the JetBlue flight attendant who allegedly cursed an...
This morning the Wall Street Journal discovered something that I have been pounding the table about for months. Namely there are a lot of sick...
Mariner Holdings LLC said it purchased part of a $760 million portfolio of property loans from the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. as part of the...

On FDIC Problem Banks

The FDIC keeps raising the number of 'problem' banks, kind of like Moody's (MCO) lowering the rating on senior CMO tranches to BB when they are...

List of problem banks continues to grow

Good news and bad news in the FDIC's quarterly survey, as noted by CNNMoney. Unfortunately, the number of troubled banks continues to rise; 53 more...
A claim from the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. that it is owed over $900 million by Colonial BancGroup has been dismissed by a federal judge, The...

Private equity firms scale back bank buying

Private equity firms (private equity news) have been willing buyers of troubled banks. The likes of Stone Point Capital, Lightyear Capital and J.C...