Sunday, March 28, 2010

Regulators shut 2 Ga. banks, 1 in Fla., 1 in Ariz.

WASHINGTON (AP) - Regulators have shut down two Georgia banks and one each in Florida and Arizona, bringing to 41 the number of bank failures in the U.S. so far this year.

The Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. on Friday took over the banks: McIntosh Commercial Bank, based in Carrollton, Ga.; Unity National Bank of Cartersville, Ga.; Key West Bank of Key West, Fla., and Desert Hills Bank, based in Phoenix.

The four failures are expected cost the federal deposit insurance fund a total of around $320.3 million.

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