Data / Bank failures / 2011 / Signature Bank
Signature Bank, Windsor, CO: failed July 8, 2011
Signature Bank in Windsor, Colorado, failed on July 8, 2011. Points West Community Bank of Julesburg, CO, took over its deposits. It held $62.5 million in assets and $60.3 million in deposits at its last report. The FDIC estimates the cost to its insurance fund at $23.3 million (37.3% of its assets). By assets it was the 85th largest of 92 banks closed or assisted in 2011.
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The FDIC's record
- Closed
- July 8, 2011
- Type
- Failure
- How it was resolved
- Purchase and assumption: another bank took over the deposits
- Acquirer
- Points West Community Bank, Julesburg, CO
- Total assets
- $62,518,000
- Total deposits
- $60,349,000
- Estimated cost to the FDIC
- $23,310,727 (estimate as of July 31, 2026)
- Charter
- State nonmember bank (FDIC)
- Insurance fund
- DIF
- FDIC certificate
- 57835
Other bank failures in Colorado, 2009 to 2013
| Bank | City | Closed | Assets | Deposits | Estimated cost | Acquirer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Community Banks of Colorado | Greenwood Village | October 21, 2011 | $1.28 billion | $1.24 billion | $169.2 million | Bank Midwest, National Association |
| Bank of Choice | Greeley | July 22, 2011 | $954.1 million | $818.7 million | $135.6 million | Bank Midwest, National Association |
| Colorado Capital Bank | Castle Rock | July 8, 2011 | $665.8 million | $635.2 million | $254.9 million | First-Citizens Bank & Trust Company |
| Firstier Bank | Louisville | January 28, 2011 | $764.1 million | $718.8 million | $232.9 million | |
| United Western Bank | Denver | January 21, 2011 | $2.15 billion | $1.54 billion | $133.2 million | First-Citizens Bank and Trust Company |
| Southern Colorado National Bank | Pueblo | October 2, 2009 | $37.1 million | $29.6 million | $8.3 million | Legacy Bank |
| New Frontier Bank | Greeley | April 10, 2009 | $1.77 billion | $1.50 billion | $913.4 million | |
| Colorado National Bank | Colorado Springs | March 20, 2009 | $123.5 million | $85.2 million | $12.7 million | Herring 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.