SAN FRANCISCO (MarketWatch) -- Integrity Bank of Alpharetta, Ga., with $1.1 billion in assets and $974 million in deposits, was closed Friday by the Georgia Department of Banking and Finance and the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. was named receiver. This marks the 10th U.S. bank failure so far this year. All deposit accounts have been transferred to Regions Bank of Birmingham, Ala. and depositors of Integrity Bank will automatically become depositors of Regions Bank for the full amount of their deposits. Regions Bank will pay a total premium of 1.012% for the failed bank's deposits and will purchase about $34.4 million of Integrity Bank's assets.
10th bank to fail in 2008.
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