270 US banks closed down since 2007!
Friday evening July 23 2010 the FDIC announced seven more bank failures bringing the totals to 103 so far this year and 270 since 2007. The seven banks closed this week had collective assets of $2.16 billion and deposits of $2.02 billion.

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