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Bank failure · CA

County Bank (Merced, CA) — failed February 6, 2009

County Bank of Merced, California was closed on February 6, 2009 and resolved through a purchase and assumption. Westamerica Bank (CA) took over its insured deposits. At failure it held $1.7B in assets and $1.3B in deposits. The FDIC's estimated loss on the failure is $61.8M (3.6% of assets).

Closing date
February 6, 2009
FDIC certificate #
22574
Resolution
Purchase and assumption (failure)
Acquiring institution
Westamerica Bank
Insurance fund
DIF
Pre-failure filings
Last reported financials

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