Weakest rated Florida banks top 50 in new quarterly ratings but state may be peaking
Wake up and good morning.
Fifty-one Florida-based banks received a "zero" rating, the lowest possible health rating from zero to 5 "stars" based on their condition at the end of the first quarter. That's according to fresh numbers just out from the Coral Gables financial rating firm Bauer Financial.
Of those 51 zeros -- a rating that these banks are so weak that government intervention is likely in the vast majority of cases -- plenty of individual banks are based in the Tampa Bay area. With the caveat that this list is based on March 31 data, here's a geographic breakdown of 10 of those 51 based nearby :
TAMPA
* First Commercial Bank of Tampa Bay
* Progress Bank of Florida
* Southern Commerce Bank NA
CLEARWATER
APOLLO BEACH
BARTOW
BRADENTON
BROOKSVILLE
SARASOTA
With 51 most troubled banks, obviously Florida will have a number of failures still to go this year. The Sunshine State only recently passed Illinois as the No. 1 state in 2010 thus far for bank failures, though that premier spot may seesaw for awhile among various states.
If there is a silver lining in all this, it is the fact that only 13 Florida banks are rated "one star" which means there is not a large number of weak banks immediately in the pipeline to swell the number of zero star rated banks in this state. You can find the entire list by picking "Florida" and hitting "search" at this link.
-- Robert Trigaux, Times Business Columnist
Here is the complete list of 51 banks designated zero star by Bauer Financial:
Bank of Commerce: Sarasota, FL
Bank of Coral Gables: Coral Gables
Bank of Miami N.A.: Coral Gables
Bayside Savings Bank: Port St. Joe
Beach Community Bank: Fort Walton Beach,
Central Florida State Bank: Belleview
Coastal Bank: Merritt Island
Coastal Community Bank: Panama City Beach,
Community National Bank At Bartow: Bartow
Cortez Community Bank: Brooksville
Federal Trust Bank: Sanford,
First Bank of Jacksonville: Jacksonville,
First Capital Bank: Marianna
First City Bank of Florida: Fort Walton Beach
First Commercial Bank of Florida: Orlando
First Commercial Bank of Tampa Bay: Tampa
First East Side Savings Bank: Tamarac
First Guaranty Bank & Trust of Jacksonville: Jacksonville
First National Bank of Central Florida: Winter Park
First National Bank of Crestview: Crestview
First National Bank of Florida: Milton,
First Peoples Bank: Port Saint Lucie,
Florida Capital Bank N.A.: Jacksonville
Great Florida Bank: Miami
Gulf Coast Community Bank: Pensacola
Gulf State Community Bank: Carrabelle
Haven Trust Bank of Florida: Ponte Vedra Beach
Heritage Bank of North Florida: Orange Park
Home Federal Bank of Hollywood: Hallandale Beach
Horizon Bank: BradentonIndependent National Bank: Ocala
Landmark Bank of Florida: Sarasota
Metro Bank of Dade County: Miami
Ocean Bank: Miami
Oceanside Bank: Jacksonville
Old Harbor Bank: Clearwater
Olde Cypress Community Bank: Clewiston
OptimumBank: Plantation
Peninsula Bank: Englewood
Progress Bank of Florida: Tampa
Putnam State Bank: Palatka
Royal Palm Bank of Florida: Naples
Security Bank N.A.: North Lauderdale
Southern Commerce Bank N.A.: Tampa
Southshore Community Bank: Apollo Beach
Sterling Bank: Lantana,
Sunrise Bank: Cocoa Beach
Sunshine State Community Bank: Port Orange
TIB Bank: Naples,
Turnberry Bank: Aventura,
Wakulla Bank: Crawfordville








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