Regulators shut down Metropolitan Capital Bank & Trust in River North on Friday. Detroit-based First Independence Bank acquired all its deposits.

Metropolitan Capital Bank & Trust was closed by the Illinois Department of Financial and Professional Regulation, citing “unsafe and unsound conditions and an impaired capital ...

Bankrate’s list of all the failed banks in every U.S. state from 2009 to 2025.

Bank failures can stem from runs on otherwise solvent banks or from losses that render banks insolvent, regardless of withdrawals. Disentangling the relative importance of liquidity and solvency in ...

The New York Fed's study on bank failures reveals predictable patterns using accounting metrics, highlighting rising losses, non-core funding reliance, and boom-bust cycles. Larger banks face ...

A bank failure occurs when a state or federal regulator closes it, typically after determining that it’s insolvent. When this happens, the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. (FDIC) steps in to cover ...

Exploring the rise and fall of some of Nigeria's top banks, including Skye, Heritage and Oceanic, detailing the reasons behind their disappearance from the sector.