Industrial Bank, based in Washington D.C., becomes the undisputed third largest African American owned bank by assets after securing City NB of New Jersey, based in Newark, New Jersey, at the end of 2019 after City NB of New Jersey went under receivership by the FDIC as a failed bank. Previously, Industrial was competing with Broadway Bank in California and Citizens Trust Bank in Georgia for third position. However, with the acquisition of City’s $120 million in assets that spot is now comfortably secured. This makes what was going to be an otherwise paltry year for Industrial being able to increase their assets into a blowout one. Prior to the acquisition, Industrial was on pace to increase its assets by just over 1 percent in fiscal 2019, but this gives them a gain of 26.1 percent instead.
It also pushes the geographic reach of the D.C. based bank into multi-state territory. A claim that only three other African American banks, OneUnited, Liberty Bank & Trust, and Unity National Bank of Houston have. The first two being the largest two African American owned banks, respectively. New Jersey is home to almost 1.4 million African Americans, the 14th largest African American population in the United States so if Industrial can get right what City was getting wrong, there is immense opportunity there.
The FDIC Press Release: “City National Bank of New Jersey (“City National”) in Newark was closed today by the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency, which appointed the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) as receiver. To protect depositors, the FDIC entered into a purchase and assumption agreement with Industrial Bank in Washington, D.C. to assume all of the deposits of City National.
The three branches of City National will reopen as branches of Industrial Bank during normal business hours. Depositors of City National will automatically become depositors of Industrial Bank. Because deposits will continue to be insured by the FDIC up to applicable limits, customers do not need to change their banking relationship in order to retain their deposit insurance coverage.
Customers of City National should continue to use their existing branch until they receive notice from Industrial Bank that it has completed systems changes to allow other Industrial Bank branches to process their accounts as well.
This evening and over the weekend, depositors of City National can access their money by writing checks or using ATM or debit cards. Checks drawn on the bank will continue to be processed. Loan customers should continue to make their payments as usual.
As of September 30, 2019, City National had approximately $120.6 million in total assets and $111.2 million in total deposits. In addition to assuming all of the deposits of the failed bank, Industrial Bank agreed to purchase essentially all of its assets.”
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