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US regulators seize troubled lender Republic First, sell it to Fulton Bank
Yahoo Finance ^ | 4/26/24 | staff

Posted on 04/26/2024 5:33:36 PM PDT by CFW

U.S. regulators have seized Republic First Bancorp and agreed to sell it to Fulton Bank, the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp said on Friday, underscoring the challenges facing regional banks a year after the collapse of three peers.

The Philadelphia-based bank, which had abandoned funding talks with a group of investors, was seized by the Pennsylvania Department of Banking and Securities.

The FDIC, appointed as a receiver, said Fulton Bank, a unit of Fulton Financial Corp, will assume substantially all deposits and purchase all the assets of Republic Bank to "protect depositors".

Republic Bank had about $6 billion in total assets and $4 billion in total deposits, as of Jan. 31, 2024. The FDIC estimated the cost of the failure to its fund will be $667 million.

The bank's 32 branches in New Jersey, Pennsylvania and New York will reopen as branches of Fulton Bank on Saturday or on Monday during business hours.

(Excerpt) Read more at finance.yahoo.com ...


TOPICS: Business/Economy; Government; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: banking; banks; collapse; economy; fultonbank; lenders
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We have the first bank failure of the year. I suspect we will see more such failures over the next few months.
1 posted on 04/26/2024 5:33:36 PM PDT by CFW
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To: CFW

Bidenomics continuing to be the curse of the nation.


2 posted on 04/26/2024 5:36:45 PM PDT by Parley Baer (.)
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There was a First Republic bank here in CA. The FDIC sold it to JPMorgan last year. Now it’s Republic First. Maybe the FDIC doesn’t like the the Republic. Or the First.


3 posted on 04/26/2024 5:38:04 PM PDT by monkeyshine (live and let live is dead)
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There was a First Republic bank here in CA. The FDIC sold it to JPMorgan last year.

We really liked First Republic up to a couple decades ago. We were earning up to 9 percent on CDs there, better than other banks in the SF Bay Area. Such a difference from the less than 1 percent a decade ago, before the bounce upwards in interest rates lately. JPMorgan is gobbling up a lot of banks.

4 posted on 04/26/2024 5:43:32 PM PDT by roadcat
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To: monkeyshine

They killed the First Republic in Dallas in the late 1980s. You may be on to something.


5 posted on 04/26/2024 5:57:32 PM PDT by PAR35
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What about “Fred’s Bank”....

“Hi, I’m Fred. I have a bank. You’ve got $1500? Ahhhh I’ll put it here, in my white suit...White suit, front pocket.”


6 posted on 04/26/2024 5:59:25 PM PDT by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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Looks like the acquiring bank took most of the loans. “Fulton Bank, National Association (N.A.), Lancaster, PA, assumed substantially all deposit accounts and substantially all the assets.”


7 posted on 04/26/2024 6:06:48 PM PDT by PAR35
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To: CFW

Greatest economy ever!!


8 posted on 04/26/2024 7:23:06 PM PDT by SaveFerris (Luke 17:28 ... as it was in the Days of Lot; They did Eat, They Drank, They Bought, They Sold ......)
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$85,000 trucks are flying off the dealerships lots. They can’t keep them in stock.


9 posted on 04/26/2024 8:53:28 PM PDT by BipolarBob (Dementia ain't just a river in Egypt. )
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I couldn’t afford one


10 posted on 04/26/2024 9:07:22 PM PDT by SaveFerris (Luke 17:28 ... as it was in the Days of Lot; They did Eat, They Drank, They Bought, They Sold ......)
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To: SaveFerris

See post 8 above. Oh wait, that’s your post.


11 posted on 04/26/2024 11:56:51 PM PDT by BipolarBob (Dementia ain't just a river in Egypt. )
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I really liked First Republic as a bank. Their staff were always well-trained, knowledgable and helpful. The complimentary cookies and umbrellas were nice too. Their business model was pretty simple: a gentleman’s agreement with wealthy customers that they’d park their savings there in exchange for favorable home loans. Management foolishly parked the bank’s reserves in US Treasuries that had to be marked down when interest rates soared under Dementia Joe.

Anyway, it’s a terrible shame that they failed, and I’m less than thrilled to be moving over to Chase due to the FDIC-engineered merger. I fully expect to walk in there and be greeted by the “manager” who’ll be a 24-year-old who needs to call the “back office” for instructions on how to wipe her ass.


12 posted on 04/27/2024 12:01:23 AM PDT by irishjuggler
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Yes I’m certainly enjoying the greatest economy ever.

Might be a bit of sarcasm there....


13 posted on 04/27/2024 12:21:09 AM PDT by SaveFerris (Luke 17:28 ... as it was in the Days of Lot; They did Eat, They Drank, They Bought, They Sold ......)
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Biden’s personal economy is doing great. That is all that matters to him. All that 10% money keeps rolling in.


14 posted on 04/27/2024 5:12:48 AM PDT by Texas resident (Biden=Obama=Jarrett=Soros)
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Yep


15 posted on 04/27/2024 9:18:10 AM PDT by SaveFerris (Luke 17:28 ... as it was in the Days of Lot; They did Eat, They Drank, They Bought, They Sold ......)
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Biden’s personal economy is doing great. That is all that matters to him. All that 10% money keeps rolling in.

Old Joe Biden is enjoying the free assisted living Marine escorts, speech therapists for his teleprompter speeches, and ice cream while getting his diapers changed. Of course he thinks everything is great.

16 posted on 04/27/2024 12:13:09 PM PDT by roadcat
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To: Texas resident

The Rich are doing great under Biden.


17 posted on 04/27/2024 12:14:20 PM PDT by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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The Rich are doing great under Biden.

The Liberal Elite folks all love Biden. The plan is to stop us from using our ICE vehicles so only 10% of the population will use the EVs. No more traffic. Disney World won't be crowded anymore.

18 posted on 04/27/2024 1:32:26 PM PDT by MinorityRepublican
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To: dfwgator; EEGator

Yes those doing well aren’t too concerned about the rest of us poor slobs (well, me 🤣)

eegator noticed that too


19 posted on 04/27/2024 1:51:04 PM PDT by SaveFerris (Luke 17:28 ... as it was in the Days of Lot; They did Eat, They Drank, They Bought, They Sold ......)
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To: dfwgator

The rich give big bucks to dimrats.


20 posted on 04/27/2024 7:55:20 PM PDT by Texas resident (Biden=Obama=Jarrett=Soros)
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