Data / Bank failures / 2011 / Virginia Business Bank
Virginia Business Bank, Richmond, VA: failed July 29, 2011
Virginia Business Bank in Richmond, Virginia, failed on July 29, 2011. Xenith Bank of Richmond, VA, took over its deposits. It held $83.5 million in assets and $73 million in deposits at its last report. The FDIC estimates the cost to its insurance fund at $19.9 million (23.8% of its assets). By assets it was the 82nd largest of 92 banks closed or assisted in 2011.
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The FDIC's record
- Closed
- July 29, 2011
- Type
- Failure
- How it was resolved
- Purchase and assumption: another bank took over the deposits
- Acquirer
- Xenith Bank, Richmond, VA
- Total assets
- $83,493,000
- Total deposits
- $72,955,000
- Estimated cost to the FDIC
- $19,851,224 (estimate as of July 31, 2026)
- Charter
- State member bank (Federal Reserve)
- Insurance fund
- DIF
- FDIC certificate
- 58283
Other bank failures in Virginia, 2009 to 2013
| Bank | City | Closed | Assets | Deposits | Estimated cost | Acquirer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bank of the Commonwealth | Norfolk | September 23, 2011 | $985.1 million | $901.8 million | $238.7 million | Southern Bank and Trust Company |
| Imperial Savings and Loan Association | Martinsville | August 20, 2010 | $9.4 million | $10.1 million | $4.7 million | River Community Bank, National Association |
| Greater Atlantic Bank | Reston | December 4, 2009 | $203.3 million | $179.2 million | $26.6 million | Sonabank |
| Countrywide Bank FSB (assistance) | Alexandria | January 16, 2009 | $117.98 billion | $43.66 billion |
All bank failures in 2011 · All bank failures in Virginia · The full failed bank list
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.