Chicago bank becomes first failure of 2026
Key insight: Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. officials wound down Chicago-based Metropolitan Capital Bank & Trust Friday, brokering a sale of most of the bank's assets to Detroit-based First Independence Bank.Supporting data: The failure is the first of 2026, and is estimated to cost the FDIC's Deposit Insurance Fund 43 million in liabilities against advances from the Federal Home Loan Bank system in the third quarter of 2025.Forward look: The s ...