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] and S&P [.SPX
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] peaked in October 2007, over 130 banks have met their end, with ~80% of them happening this year.The National Bank of Commerce in Berkeley, IL and the Bank of Clark County in Vancouver, WA were the first two banks to close on January 16. Since then, Georgia has had the most failures with 20 closings this year and 5 last year. Illinois is next in line with 17 this year followed by California with 10. Twenty states have yet to see any closures.
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Georgia laws have facilitated many smaller community banks over larger giants. The population boom in Atlanta led to many more opening in the past two decades, only to be unable to withstand the financial crisis of 2008-09. At the end of 2008, GA had 344 banks which was more than California, despite CA having a popluation four times that of the southeastern state.
(FDIC Chairman Sheila Bair discusses bank failures.)
Less competition in GA may help bigger banks like Bank of America [BAC
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], which bought Wachovia, gain share.
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