The Winter Top 40

The Bank Blog has ranks the Top 40 most likely to fail, regulated, deposit taking banks in the United States. We would also like to caution our readers not to infer that currently listed banks or those leaving the list are now safe. While the overall likelihood of failure has fallen, distressed banks may not prove to be the best banking partners.

Only returning banks from the prior list are listed in bold and newly failed banks are listed in italics. 



1. THE NATIONAL REPUBLIC BANK OF CHICAGO of CHICAGO, IL  
2. EASTERN SAVINGS BANK of HUNT VALLEY, MD  
3. AZTECAMERICA BANK of BERWYN, IL 
4. FIRSTSECURE BANK AND TRUST CO. of PALOS HILLS, IL
5. ENTERPRISE BANK OF SOUTH CAROLINA of EHRHARDT, SC
6. CECIL BANK of ELKTON, MD
7. BEACH COMMUNITY BANK of FORT WALTON BEACH, FL
8. SLAVIE FEDERAL SAVINGS BANK of BEL AIR, MD
9. PARK CITIES BANK of DALLAS, TX
10. THE PEOPLES BANK of COVINGTON, GA
11. CITY NATIONAL BANK OF NEW JERSEY of NEWARK, NJ
12. AMERICAN METRO BANK of CHICAGO, IL 
13. THE BANK OF GEORGIA of PEACHTREE CITY, GA
14. THE COLUMBIA SAVINGS BANK of CINCINNATI, OH
15. FIRST SOUTHERN BANK of PATTERSON, GA
16. CAPITOL CITY BANK & TRUST COMPANY of ATLANTA, GA
17. INDEPENDENT BANKERS' BANK OF FLORIDA of LAKE MARY, FL
18. CORNERSTONEBANK of ATLANTA, GA
19. EASTSIDE COMMERCIAL BANK of CONYERS, GA
20. FIRST CITY BANK OF FLORIDA of FORT WALTON BEACH, FL
21. SUNRISE BANK OF ALBUQUERQUE of ALBUQUERQUE, NM
22. ADVANTAGE BANK of LOVELAND, CO 

23. GUARANTY BANK of BROWN DEER, WI
24. FIRST CORNERSTONE BANK of KING OF PRUSSIA, PA
25. SECURANT BANK & TRUST of MILWAUKEE, WI
26. STATE BANK OF HERSCHER of HERSCHER, IL  
27. CENTRUST BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION of NORTHBROOK, IL
28. LEGACY STATE BANK of LOGANVILLE, GA
29. BANK OF EASTMAN of EASTMAN, GA
30. BANK OF LAS VEGAS of LAS VEGAS, NV
31. OPTIMUMBANK of PLANTATION, FL 
32. THE HERITAGE BANK of HINESVILLE, GA 
33. GREENCHOICE BANK, FSB of CICERO, IL 
34. MICHIGAN COMMERCE BANK of ANN ARBOR, MI
35. GWINNETT COMMUNITY BANK of DULUTH, GA
36. PBI BANK of LOUISVILLE, KY
37. FIRST COMMUNITY BANK OF CRAWFORD COUNTY   VAN BUREN, AR
38. HOMETOWN NATIONAL BANK of LONGVIEW, WA
39.  SUPERIOR BANK of HAZELWOOD, MO  
40.  ONE BANK & TRUST, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION of LITTLE ROCK, AR


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