The biggest financial institution in Florida, $14 billion BankUnited of Coral Gables, was told by its regulator, the Office of Thrift Supervision, to find a buyer who would raise its depleted capital to acceptable levels or risk a government takeover. In an ominously sounding "prompt corrective action directive", the OTS has essentially given the bank a 20 day ultimatum. If Florida's biggest bank is on the hook, at a potential maximum taxpayer cost of $14 billion, maybe the stress test will not be just the fluff everyone is now expecting it to be. Then again, Citi, with its $3 trillion in assets, being told to find a buyer in under three weeks, may not be the most amusing notion for VikramPandit and Sheila Bair.
PS. Now that Goldman is a "retail" bank, don't they need a dpositor base? Anyone know the Stardust odds are on GS acquiring BankUnited in the next 2-3 weeks (with a loss sharing contract with the FDIC in place of course)?
And So It Begins? Biggest Florida Bank Given 20 Days To Find Buyer Or Risk Shut Down
The biggest financial institution in Florida, $14 billion BankUnited of Coral Gables, was told by its regulator, the Office of Thrift Supervision, to find a buyer who would raise its depleted capital to acceptable levels or risk a government takeover. In an ominously sounding "prompt corrective action directive", the OTS has essentially given the bank a 20 day ultimatum. If Florida's biggest bank is on the hook, at a potential maximum taxpayer cost of $14 billion, maybe the stress test will not be just the fluff everyone is now expecting it to be. Then again, Citi, with its $3 trillion in assets, being told to find a buyer in under three weeks, may not be the most amusing notion for VikramPandit and Sheila Bair.
PS. Now that Goldman is a "retail" bank, don't they need a dpositor base? Anyone know the Stardust odds are on GS acquiring BankUnited in the next 2-3 weeks (with a loss sharing contract with the FDIC in place of course)?
