Bank Repossession

In Florida, the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation took over Riverside National Bank, First Federal Bank of North Florida and AmericanFirst Bank. TD Bank Financial Group a division of Canadian company TD Bank (TD) took the deposits and nearly all the assets of each. Riverside National had $3.4 billion in assets, with First Federal at $393.3 million and AmericanFirst at $90.5 million. Eight more banks failed last week,bringing the 2010 total to 50 . Three of the failures were in Florida, and two were in California. Massachusetts, Michigan and Washington had one bank failure each. For Lakeside Community Bank, in Sterling, Michigan, the FDIC couldn't find a buyer, so it will take over the direct deposit operation for federal payments (e.g., Social Security and VA benefits). Lakeside had assets of $53 million. A bank can go bankrupt if its assets are less than its liabilities. This is not a problem for most of its customers since banks are FDIC insured, which means that...

The government of india plans to introduce a separate legislation to speed up insolvency proceedings and help distressed firms wind up operations quickly. “Speedy winding up of sick enterprises, particularly small and medium ones, is an area we need to improve,” said a senior official in the ministry of corporate affairs. The Short Second Life of Bree Tanner: An Eclipse Novella (Twilight Saga) The new law will shorten the legal processes involving insolvency operations of small and medium entities. The government is keen to make bankruptcy proceedings a time-bound procedure. Under the present framework, winding up of a corporate entity is guided by provisions of the Companies Act, whereas personal insolvency is guided by other laws. The new companies bill, which is presently pending with a parliamentary standing committee, deal with only corporate insolvency. Liquidation process in India market is fairly protracted, taking on an average 7-10 years, against 1-6 years in othe...