Regulators close 2 Georgia banks, 1 in Florida (AP)

[AP] - Regulators have shut down three small banks in Georgia and one in Florida, bringing the number of U.S. banks that have failed this year to 155 amid mounting soured loans and economic distress.

[AP] - Regulators on Friday shut down a small Florida bank, bringing to 119 the number of U.S. bank failures this year amid mounting loan defaults.

[AP] - Regulators have shut down a small Florida bank, bringing to 119 the number of U.S. bank failures this year amid mounting loan defaults.

AP - Regulators on Friday shut down two Georgia banks and one each in Florida and Arizona, bringing to 41 the number of bank failures in the U.S. so far this year following the 140 that fell in 2009 to mounting loan defaults and the recession.

[AP] - Regulators on Friday shut down two small banks in Georgia and one in Florida, boosting to 54 the number of U.S. bank failures this year.

AP - Regulators on Friday shut down small banks in Georgia and Florida, lifting to 47 the number of U.S. bank failures this year in the wake of economic distress and mounting soured loans.

Regulators on Friday shut down banks in Florida and Minnesota, bringing the number of U.S. bank failures this year to 66.

[AP] - Regulators have closed two small banks in Georgia, boosting to 70 the number of U.S. bank failures this year. The Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. on Friday seized Patriot Bank of Georgia in Cumming, Ga., with $150.8 million in assets and $111.2 million in deposits, and CreekSide Bank of Woodstock, Ga., with $102.3 million in assets and $96.6 million in deposits.