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State Bank and Trust Company, Macon, Georgia, Assumes All of the Deposits of the Buckhead Community Bank, Atlanta, Georgia
| FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE December 4, 2009 |
The Buckhead Community Bank, Atlanta, Georgia, was closed today by the Georgia Department of Banking and Finance, which appointed the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) as receiver. To protect the depositors, the FDIC entered into a purchase and assumption agreement with State Bank and Trust Company, Macon, Georgia, to assume all of the deposits of The Buckhead Community Bank.
The Buckhead Community Bank and its six branches in Georgia operating under the following names: The Sandy Springs Community Bank, The Midtown Community Bank, The Alpharetta Community Bank, The Cobb Community Bank, The Forsyth Community Bank, and The Hall Community Bank, will reopen during normal business hours as branches of State Bank and Trust Company. Depositors of The Buckhead Community Bank will automatically become depositors of State Bank and Trust Company. Deposits will continue to be insured by the FDIC, so there is no need for customers to change their banking relationship to retain their deposit insurance coverage. Customers should continue to use their existing branches until State Bank and Trust Company can fully integrate the deposit records of The Buckhead Community Bank.
This evening and over the weekend, depositors of The Buckhead Community Bank can access their money by writing checks or using ATM or debit cards. Checks drawn on the bank will continue to be processed. Loan customers should continue to make their payments as usual.
As of November 6, 2009, The Buckhead Community Bank had total assets of approximately $874.0 million and total deposits of approximately $838.0 million. State Bank and Trust Company did not pay the FDIC a premium for the deposits of The Buckhead Community Bank. In addition to assuming all of the deposits of the failed bank, State Bank and Trust Company agreed to purchase essentially all of the failed bank's assets.
The FDIC and State Bank and Trust Company entered into a loss-share transaction on approximately $692 million of The Buckhead Community Bank's assets. State Bank and Trust Company will share in the losses on the asset pools covered under the loss-share agreement. The loss-sharing transaction is projected to maximize returns on the assets covered by keeping them in the private sector. The transaction also is expected to minimize disruptions for loan customers. For more information on loss share, please visit: http://www.fdic.gov/bank/individual/failed/lossshare/index.html.
Customers who have questions about today's transaction can call the FDIC toll-free at 1-800-405-8028. The phone number will be operational this evening until 9:00 p.m., Eastern Standard Time (EST); on Saturday from 9:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m., EST; on Sunday from noon to 6:00 p.m., EST; and thereafter from 8:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m., EST. Interested parties can also visit the FDIC's Web site at http://www.fdic.gov/bank/individual/failed/buckheadcommunity.html.
The FDIC estimates that the cost to the Deposit Insurance Fund (DIF) will be $241.4 million. State Bank and Trust Company's acquisition of all the deposits was the "least costly" resolution for the DIF compared to alternatives. The Buckhead Community Bank is the 125th FDIC-insured institution to fail in the nation this year, and the 22nd in Georgia. The last FDIC-insured institution closed in the state was United Security Bank, Sparta, on November 6, 2009.
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