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Six banks blanked:
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Tamalpais Bank, San Rafael, California
Innovative Bank, Oakland, California
Butler Bank, Lowell, Massachusetts
Riverside National Bank of Florida, Fort Pierce, Florida
AmericanFirst Bank, Clermont, Florida
For a complete list of failed banks since the turn of the century, go here. There are 20 from 2000 through 2007. I didn’t bother to count the ones from 2008 on.
One (the top one in the list above) appeared as I was writing this.
Yes, this is an industry to whom we should clearly turn for guidance in crafting financial policy and consumer protections.
Now, pardon me, I think I saw a winged pig.
