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FDIC's unusual order against tiny Utah bank: Sell yourself or liquidate

American Banker

One of the smallest banks in the country hasn't consistently made a profit since 2007 and has been the subject of enforcement actions. The FDIC's public rebuke against it indicates a last-ditch effort to figure out a less messy solution than receivership.

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Why The ICBA Is Fighting Industrial Loan Charters For FinTechs

PYMNTS

ILCs are used to form industrial loan companies, better known as industrial banks. An industrial bank is an FDIC-insured depository institution that is generally subject to the same banking laws and regulations as any other bank charter type, with the important exception of the Bank Holding Act of 1956.

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A Utah bank is gone after 16 years of losses. Why did it survive so long?

American Banker

Liberty Bank in Salt Lake City had been "structurally unprofitable" since 2008, according to its regulators. Experts criticized the FDIC for allowing the bank's demise to play out in slow motion.

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Utah de novo gets conditional OK from FDIC

American Banker

Organizers of Bank of St. George still need to raise $18 million before opening.

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