Data / Bank failures / 2009 / Citizens Community Bank
Citizens Community Bank, Ridgewood, NJ: failed May 1, 2009
Citizens Community Bank in Ridgewood, New Jersey, failed on May 1, 2009. North Jersey Community Bank of Englewood Cliffs, NJ, took over its deposits. It held $40.7 million in assets and $40.7 million in deposits at its last report. The FDIC estimates the cost to its insurance fund at $18.2 million (44.7% of its assets). By assets it was the 141st largest of 148 banks closed or assisted in 2009.
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The FDIC's record
- Closed
- May 1, 2009
- Type
- Failure
- How it was resolved
- Purchase and assumption: another bank took over the deposits
- Acquirer
- North Jersey Community Bank, Englewood Cliffs, NJ
- Total assets
- $40,657,000
- Total deposits
- $40,664,000
- Estimated cost to the FDIC
- $18,186,788 (estimate as of July 31, 2026)
- Charter
- State nonmember bank (FDIC)
- Insurance fund
- DIF
- FDIC certificate
- 57563
Other bank failures in New Jersey, 2007 to 2011
| Bank | City | Closed | Assets | Deposits | Estimated cost | Acquirer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| First State Bank | Cranford | October 14, 2011 | $191.9 million | $188.1 million | $45.6 million | Northfield Bank |
| Isn Bank | Cherry Hill | September 17, 2010 | $81.6 million | $79.7 million | $18.9 million | New Century Bank |
| First Bankamericano | Elizabth | July 31, 2009 | $163.4 million | $155.5 million | $20 million | Crown Bank |
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Read from the FDIC's failures data (BankFind), last updated 2026-10-23. Assets and deposits are as of the last report before failure; the estimated cost is the FDIC's latest estimate of the loss to its insurance fund and changes as the receivership winds down. Free to reuse with credit to SpecStream under CC BY 4.0.