http://www.mortgagenewsdaily.com/01032013_bank_failures.aspOver a four year period ended in December 2011 and representing the height of the banking crisis there were 414 failures of insured U.S. banks. Of these, 353 or 85 percent would be classified as smaller banks with less than $1 billion in assets and tenenCommunityServer 2008 SP2 (Build: 31106.96)