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Saturday, November 21, 2009, as of 02:56 AM EDT

State Coverage: Nevada

Blank Check Is Now Good Forever - But at a Price

American Banker | Nov 17

If you don't like the rules, change them. That's what one blank-check company did when a looming deadline threatened its plans to buy a Nevada bank.

U.S. Bancorp Buys Nevada Sites

American Banker | Oct 15

U.S. Bancorp picked up $800 million of deposits in Nevada from BB&T Corp. Tuesday, a week after negotiations for a sale of branches in the state broke down between ...

Blank Check Firm Finds Substitute Deal

Bonnie McGeer contributed to this story. | Sep 11

Global Consumer Acquisition Corp.'s grand plan to build one of the largest community banking operations is back on track with a deal to buy Service1st Bank of Nevada in Las Vegas.

Is Third Time a Charm for Blank-Check Company?

American Banker | Sep 10

The New York blank-check company Global Consumer Acquisition said Wednesday that it signed a letter of intent to buy Service1st Bank of Nevada in Las Vegas.

Blank-Check Firm's Deals Now Clouded

American Banker | Aug 18

By seizing Colonial Bank and selling it to BB&T, regulators nullified a deal Colonial made to sell 21 Nevada branches to a blank-check company and put in jeopardy another ...

Regulators Shut Three More Community Banks

Total failures on the year climb to 77

American Banker | Aug 17

WASHINGTON — Following the largest failure of the year, and the collapse of a small mutual in Pennsylvania, regulators shut three western banks late Friday ...

Nevada Credit Union Shut Down

American Banker | Aug 13

The National Credit Union Administration on Wednesday closed Community One FCU, Nevada's eighth-largest credit union.

Blank Check M&A: Time May Be Right

American Banker | Jul 15

Observers say lower prices for banks and a desperation for capital have given these investors more incentive to get involved in the industry now.

Flush With Cash — Not Repaying Tarp

American Banker | May 22

Western Alliance Bancorp. has a lot of plans for the $200M of capital it just raised. One thing the $5.3B-asset company is not planning to do is repay its government capital.

Banks Issue Stock to Repay Tarp

American Banker | May 06

City National Corp. in Los Angeles and Texas Capital Bancshares Inc. in Dallas plan to complete stock offerings this week to repay their government capital.

Nevada Firm's Two Banks Amend Call Reports

American Banker | May 05

Community Bancorp in Las Vegas said that both its subsidiary banks had amended their call reports from last year to reflect additional, mostly credit-related, expenses.

Two Failures Bring Year's Total to 25

American Banker | Apr 20

WASHINGTON — The year's failure total hit 25 Friday night, as regulators closed institutions in Nevada and Missouri.

FDIC Supervision Faulted

American Banker | Apr 06

The Federal Deposit Insurance Corp.'s inspector general gave the regulator poor marks for its oversight of Silver State Bank in Henderson, Nev., which failed in September.

FDIC in Unofficial Clampdown

Reluctance seen to OK start-ups' insurance

American Banker | Jan 12

The FDIC has put the brakes on approvals for new banks in several states hard hit by the real estate crisis, according to consultants and attorneys who advise investors ...

Bank Tied to McCain's Son Fails

American Banker | Sep 05

Regulators closed $2 billion-asset Silver State Bank in Henderson, Nev. late Friday — the 11th failure of the year and the third in as many weeks.