Data / Bank failures / 2009 / Colonial Bank
Colonial Bank, Montgomery, AL: failed August 14, 2009
Colonial Bank in Montgomery, Alabama, failed on August 14, 2009. BB&T of Winston-Salem, NC, took over its deposits. It held $25.46 billion in assets and $20.07 billion in deposits at its last report. The FDIC estimates the cost to its insurance fund at $2.37 billion (9.3% of its assets). By assets it was the 7th largest of 148 banks closed or assisted in 2009.
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The FDIC's record
- Closed
- August 14, 2009
- Type
- Failure
- How it was resolved
- Purchase and assumption: another bank took over the deposits
- Acquirer
- BB&T, Winston-Salem, NC
- Total assets
- $25,455,112,000
- Total deposits
- $20,072,099,000
- Estimated cost to the FDIC
- $2,366,269,245 (estimate as of July 31, 2026)
- Charter
- State nonmember bank (FDIC)
- Insurance fund
- DIF
- FDIC certificate
- 9609
Other bank failures in Alabama, 2007 to 2011
| Bank | City | Closed | Assets | Deposits | Estimated cost | Acquirer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nexity Bank | Birmingham | April 15, 2011 | $757.6 million | $611.7 million | $182 million | Alostar Bank of Commerce |
| Superior Bank | Birmingham | April 15, 2011 | $2.98 billion | $2.74 billion | $281.2 million | Superior Bank, N.A. |
| First Lowndes Bank | Fort Deposit | March 19, 2010 | $137.2 million | $131.1 million | $11.7 million | First Citizens Bank |
| New South Federal Savings Bank | Irondale | December 18, 2009 | $1.46 billion | $1.16 billion | $311.6 million | Beal Bank |
| Capitalsouth Bank | Birmingham | August 21, 2009 | $586.6 million | $539.4 million | $126.3 million | Iberiabank |
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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.