California Bank Is 99th Failure Of 2009

BAKERSFIELD, Calif. – Regulators seized San Joaquin Bank and sold the remnants of the latest bank failure to Citizens Business Bank of nearby Ontario, Calif.

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The $775 million institution is the 99th bank failure this year and 120th financial institution to fail, which includes 21 credit unions.

The FDIC estimates that the cost to the Bank Insurance Fund will be $103 million. So far, this year, 16 institutions (ten banks, six credit unions) have failed in California.


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