Lexington, KY - First Federal Bank, with locations in Hamburg, on Lane Allen, Landsdowne, downtown and Leestown has been shutdown by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC).
To protect the depositors, the FDIC entered into a purchase and assumption agreement with Your Community Bank of New Albany, Indiana, to assume all of the deposits of First Federal Bank. The five branches of First Federal Bank will reopen during their normal business hours beginning Saturday as branches of Your Community Bank. Depositors of First Federal Bank will automatically become depositors of Your Community Bank.
Deposits will continue to be insured by the FDIC, so there is no need for customers to change their banking relationship in order to retain their deposit insurance coverage up to applicable limits. Customers of First Federal Bank should continue to use their existing branch until they receive notice from Your Community Bank that it has completed systems changes to allow other Your Community Bank branches to process their accounts as well, according to the FDIC.
This evening and over the weekend, depositors of First Federal Bank can access their money by writing checks or using ATM or debit cards. Checks drawn on the bank will continue to be processed. Loan customers should continue to make their payments as usual.
As of December 31, 2012, First Federal Bank had approximately $100.1 million in total assets and $93.9 million in total deposits. In addition to assuming all of the deposits of the failed bank, Your Community Bank agreed to purchase essentially all of the assets, according to the FDIC.
Customers with questions about today's transaction should call the FDIC toll-free at 1-800-355-0650. The phone number will be operational this evening until 9:00 p.m., Eastern Daylight Time (EDT); on Saturday from 9:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m., EDT; on Sunday from noon to 6:00 p.m., EDT; on Monday from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m., EDT; and thereafter from 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., EDT. Interested parties also can visit the FDIC's website at http://www.fdic.gov/bank/individual/failed/firstfederal-ky.html.
First Federal is the first Kentucky bank to fail since Louisville's Irwin Union Bank, FSB went under in Sept. 2009.
According to the FDIC's website, eight banks have failed so far in 2013, three of them were shuttered by the group today.