WASHINGTON (TheStreet) -- Regulators shut down three Puerto Rico banks Friday and four other banks in three states, bringing this year's total number of failed U.S. banks and thrifts to 64.
The Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. was appointed receiver and found buyers for all the failed banks, but it was a very expensive evening, with combined costs of $7.3 billion for the agency's deposit insurance fund.
Significant Consolidation in Puerto Rico
Three of Puerto Rico's 10 banks were closed by the commonwealth's Commissioner of Financial Institutions. The FDIC sold all three to other Puerto Rico institutions. The offices of all three failed banks were set to reopen during normal business hours as branches of the acquiring banks.
Eurobank of San Juan
Eurobank had $2.6 billion in total assets and was a subsidiary of EuroBancshares(EUBK). The failed bank's $2 billion in deposits were acquired by Oriental Bank and Trust of San Juan for a 1.25% premium. Oriental Bank and Trust, a subsidiary of Oriental Financial Group(OFG), also agreed to take over the failed bank's assets, with the FDIC agreeing to share in losses on $1.6 billion. The agency estimated the cost to its deposit insurance fund from Eurobank's failure would be $743.9 million.
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