Philadelphia-Based Republic First Bank Collapses in First Bank Failure of 2024

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The FDIC entered into an agreement with Fulton Financial to assume the deposits and assets of the failed bank.

The troubled Philadelphia-based Republic First Bank has imploded, with federal regulators seizing it and arranging for it to be taken over by fellow regional lender Fulton Financial, in the first bank failure of 2024.

The Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. (FDIC) announced on April 26 that Republic First Bankโ€”which did business as Republic Bankโ€”was seized and closed that day.

To protect people with savings at Republic Bank, the FDIC entered into an agreement with Fulton Financial to assume the deposits and assets of the failed bank. This means that Republic Bankโ€™s 32 branches in New Jersey, Pennsylvania, and New York reopened on April 27 as branches of Fulton Bank, continuing to provide regular banking services to depositors without interruption.

โ€œThis evening and over the weekend, depositors of Republic Bank can access their money by writing checks or using ATM or debit cards. Checks drawn on Republic Bank will continue to be processed and loan customers should continue to make their payments as usual,โ€ the FDIC said in a statement.

People with savings at Republic Bank donโ€™t need to change their banking relationship to continue to have their money covered by the FDICโ€™s deposit insurance guarantee.

Fulton Financial Corporation, which owns Fulton Bank, said on April 26 that all the regulatory approvals had been obtained and that the transaction had closed.

โ€œWith this transaction, we are excited to double our presence across the region,โ€ Fulton Chairman and CEO Curt Myers said in a statement. โ€œWe look forward to welcoming Republic Bankโ€™s team members and customers to Fulton and providing our comprehensive set of consumer, commercial and wealth advisory products and services to even more customers.โ€

Republic Bank had roughly $6 billion in assets and $4 billion in deposits as of Jan. 31, 2024, per the FDIC.

As is typical for the type of purchase-and-assumption transaction that the FDIC brokered in Fultonโ€™s takeover of Republic, the deposit insurance agency will bear some of the financial burden. In this case, the FDIC is on the hook for $667 million. The agency said it had determined that the buyout by Fulton was the least costly resolution.

Byย Tom Ozimek

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