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NEWS ABOUT: Superior Bank

Failed FDIC-Run Bank Added Fuel to Subprime Fire

Feds seized Ill.-based Superior in 2001, but it continued to write, sell off bad loans

(Newser) - An Illinois bank seized by regulators in 2001 continued to write risky subprime mortgages for months after it was put under the day-to-day supervision of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, the Wall Street Journal reports. Many of the loans—some with interest rates above 12%—have been foreclosed; a Texas... More »

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