Bank Failure Friday (2009/03/27)

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UPDATE: Bank Failure #21: Omni National Bank, Atlanta
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Has it been a week already?

As faithful readers know, bank failures in the US always seemed to be delayed until late on Friday afternoons, prompting Friday to be jokingly referred to as 'Bank Failure Friday' in many economic blogs.

2009 is off to a record breaking year with 20 failures so far.

We wait with eager anticipation for today's carnage. Updates from the FDIC as they come in, check back late this afternoon. Click here to read our post: "US Bank Failures - Why Do We Care".

Bank Failure #21: Omni National Bank, Atlanta

From the FDIC: Omni National Bank, Atlanta, Georgia, was closed today by the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency, which then appointed the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) as receiver. To protect the depositors, the FDIC entered into an agreement with SunTrust Bank, Atlanta, Georgia, to act as paying agent for the insured deposits of Omni National Bank.

The cost to the FDIC's Deposit Insurance Fund is estimated to be $290 million. Omni National Bank is the twenty-first bank to fail this year. The last bank failure in Georgia was FirstCity Bank, Stockbridge, on March 20, 2009.