Each depositor insured to at least $250,000 per insured bank

Quarterly Banking Profile

Chart 8.
Merger and Chartering Activity Slowed in 2008
Number of Institutions
Year New Charters Mergers Failures
1992 80 509 181
1993 67 612 50
1994 68 657 15
1995 111 722 8
1996 157 660 6
1997 199 725 1
1998 221 671 3
1999 270 496 8
2000 223 533 7
2001 146 417 4
2002 95 332 11
2003 118 273 3
2004 128 319 4
2005 179 310 0
2006 194 342 0
2007 181 321 3
2008 98 292 25

Last Updated 02/26/2009 Questions, Suggestions & Requests