Robert Barba is the technology editor of American Banker. Robert previously served as deputy editor of American Banker's dealmaking and strategy section. He joined American Banker in late 2007 as a community banking reporter, just in time for the financial crisis. Robert played a lead role in covering community banks' struggle for survival in the years following the downturn. Robert has appeared on Fox Business to discuss bank failures and the Treasury Department's Troubled Asset Relief Program. Prior to joining American Banker, Robert was a general business reporter at Scripps Treasure Coast Newspapers in Stuart, Fla. He began his career as a business desk intern at The Denver Post and Boulder Daily Camera. Robert is based in New York.
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Seven banks failed Friday, bringing the total number of failures this year to within one of the number of failures in all of 2009. So far 139 banks have failed in 2010. Friday's failures are expected to cost the deposit insurance fund a collective $478 million.
By Robert BarbaOctober 25 -
Eight months after calling off a deal to buy Royal Asian Bank, Edward Shin, the bank's CEO, is back with a new deal, crediting perseverance and a grassroots approach.
By Robert BarbaAugust 30 -
Illinois' failure tally for 2010 continued to grow late Friday with the closure of $265 million-asset Ravenswood Bank.
By Robert BarbaAugust 9 -
Two big names in industry circles Eric Hovde and Jay Sidhu just planted seeds they hope will sprout into the East Coast's next billion-dollar banking companies.
By Robert BarbaJuly 13