Picking Nits

In case you didn't see it, the last few days have seen some interesting things happen over in FDIC land. Last week, the FDIC took down t...

I decided this blog would be a good place to take on answering more questions. This week a compare and contrast request about what's be...

Here's the link again for the failed banks casualty list with the IRA forensics reports. http://us1.irabankratings.com/pub/Forensic.asp

As bank reform continues to grind through Congress something sorely lacking so far is concentration on safely managing down "points of ...

California State Treasurer Bill Lockyer is a man with a lot of questions. On March 29, 2010 his office sent letters to Bank of America Mer...

It's always good to have something to ruminate on over the weekend. With bank reform being the "trill thrill" of the week, w...

This is the list of links to IRA's failed banks forensics pages for the banks that were closed by the FDIC in January 2010. These pages ...

On January 8, 2010 the FDIC failed Horizon Bank in Bellingham, Washington. Here is the forensic page for this bank. Horizon Bank Note from t...

The FDIC failed seven (7) additional banks on December 18th. Two in California and one each in the states of Illinois, Alabama, Michigan, F...

Bank failures happen at close of business on Fridays. A team of operatives from the FDIC shows up at the door and by the time those doors op...